Puerto Rican women and work : bridges in transnational labor /

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Contributors: Ortiz, Altagracia, 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1996.
Series:Puerto Rican studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Needlewomen under the New Deal in Puerto Rico, 1920-1945 /
  • Eileen Boris
  • 'En la aguja y el pedal eché la hiel': Puerto Rican women in the garment industry of New York City, 1920-1980 /
  • Altagracia Ortiz
  • Toward bilingual education: Puerto Rican women teachers in New York City schools, 1947-1967 /
  • Virginia Sánchez Korrol
  • The Impact of job losses on Puerto Rican women in the Middle Atlantic Region, 1970-1980 /
  • Alice Colón-Warren
  • Our two full-time jobs: women garment workers balance factory and domestic demands in Puerto Rico /
  • Carmen A. Pérez-Herranz
  • Gender and politics: grassroots leadership among Puerto Rican women in a health struggle /
  • Marya Muñoz-Vázquez
  • Negotiating gender, work, and welfare: familia as productive labor among Puerto Rican women in New York City /
  • Rosa M. Torruellas, Rina Benmayor, and Ana Juarbe
  • New tappings on the keys: changes in work and gender roles for women clerical workers in Puerto Rico /
  • Geraldine J. Casey.