LBR STD 140
Working It: Women, Work, and Family
Description: (Formerly numbered Labor and Workplace Studies 140.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of working women in U.S. history from 19th-century midwives to 21st-century sex workers through film, oral history, and traditional forms of scholarship. Exploration of personal and work life of women from variety of intersectional categories including class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and immigration status with focus on systems that have shaped workplace experiences for women over time, including gender discrimination, sexual harassment, public policy, unionization, and reproductive health. Special attention given to strategies women have utilized to shape their work experience, and to improve working conditions for themselves and their working-class sisters. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
Most Helpful Review
Winter 2024 - Dr. Espino is such a good lecturer! I took this class on a whim for UD credit, but I was engaged throughout the quarter. Lecture was super insightful and covered a lot of different topics. If you do the readings, you'll be set pretty much. Discussion sections are designed to pretty much just be TA help on the writing assignments throughout the quarter. Lena (the TA for this class) was an angel and so helpful during discussion! The workload was super manageable and I'm really glad that I took this class.
Winter 2024 - Dr. Espino is such a good lecturer! I took this class on a whim for UD credit, but I was engaged throughout the quarter. Lecture was super insightful and covered a lot of different topics. If you do the readings, you'll be set pretty much. Discussion sections are designed to pretty much just be TA help on the writing assignments throughout the quarter. Lena (the TA for this class) was an angel and so helpful during discussion! The workload was super manageable and I'm really glad that I took this class.