Puerto Rican Women and Work - Bridges in Transnational Labor

Offers a study of the role of Puerto Rican women workers in the evolution of a transnational labor force in the twentieth century. This book examines Puerto Rican women workers, both in Puerto Rico and on the US mainland. It contains a range of information - historical, ethnographic, and statistical.

List of contents

Preface Introduction Altagracia Ortiz 1. Needlewomen under the New Deal in Puerto Rico, 1920-1945 Eileen Boris 2. "En la aguja y el pedal eche la hiel": Puerto Rican Women in the Garment Industry of New York City, 1920-1980 Altagracia Ortiz 3. Toward Bilingual Education: Puerto Rican Women Teachers in New York City Schools, 1947-1967 Virginia Sanchez Korrol 4. The Impact of Job Losses on Puerto Rican Women in the Middle Atlantic Region, 1970-1980 Alice Colon-Warren 5. Our Two Full-Time Jobs: Women Garment Workers Balance Factory and Domestic Demands in Puerto Rico Carmen A. Perez-Herranz 6. Gender and Politics: Grassroots Leadership among Puerto Rican Women in a Health Struggle Marya Munoz-Vazquez 7. 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 8. New Tappings on the Keys: Changes in Work and Gender Roles for Women Clerical Workers in Puerto Rico Geraldine J. Casey About the Contributors Index

Summary

Offers a study of the role of Puerto Rican women workers in the evolution of a transnational labor force in the twentieth century. This book examines Puerto Rican women workers, both in Puerto Rico and on the US mainland. It contains a range of information - historical, ethnographic, and statistical.

Product details

• Authors: Altagracia Ortiz
• Assisted by: Altagracia Crtiz (Editor), Altagracia Ortiz (Editor)
• Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.1996
• EAN: 9781566394512
• ISBN: 978-1-56639-451-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Illustrations: Illustrations
• Series: Puerto Rican Studies (Paperbac; Puerto Rican Studies (Paperbac; Puerto Rican Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Puerto Rico, Ethnic Studies, Soziologie: Arbeit und Beruf, Arbeits- / Einkommensökonomie