Working Women in Colonial America
Time period discussed: Late 17th Century - Mid 19th Century
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Woodrow Wilson, Immigration and Minorities
Time period discussed: Mid 19th Century - Early 20th Century
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Women at Work
Time period discussed: Late 19th Century - Mid 20th Century
Subject: mid
Women and the Industrial Revolution
Time period discussed: Mid 18th Century - Mid 19th Century
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Civil Rights Movement, The: Beginnings
Professor of history Gary Gerstle talks about the seeds of the civil rights movement in the years following World War II. Professor Gerstle explains that the move towards racial equality in America was motivated to some extent by the Cold War and th...
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Patterns of Immigration Between 1924-1965
Professor of history Gary Gerstle explains that immigration to the United States was relatively low during the period between 1924 and 1965. There were strict limits placed on the number of those who could come to the U.S. during those years, althou...
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