Tattered Remains: Rebuilding African-American Family Structures
One of the most striking features of the Reconstruction period is the effort of blacks to rebuild their family structures. Marriage between African-Americans is legalized; their children are their own and cannot be sold away. The traditional family ...
History of Professional Women
American history professor Alice Kessler-Harris traces the history of professional women in the United States, from the colonial period to modern times.
Parents and Children.: Changes in Childcare
In many families today, the job of childcare has been farmed out. While some see this as a source of serious family problems, others contend the impact of outside-the-home childcare has been mostly positive. Still, many experts contend that the ch...
The Role of Gender: Women in the Workplace
The experiences of men and women in the workplace are often very different. Women frequently must contend with gender-based discrimination. Although the courts got involved in gender-related employment issues in the 1970's, the burden of fighting ...
The Role of Gender: Changing Gender Roles at Home
The rapidly increasing number of women in the labor force has been both a cause and effect of the shift in gender roles in recent years. Women have had less time and often less energy to devote to their traditional role as homemaker. This has trig...
Divorcing: Divorce in Historical Perspective
The number of couples who divorce is strikingly higher today than it was a hundred years ago. Many experts believe there may be a relationship between escalating rates of divorce and the greatly increased number of women who work outside the home. ...
Family History: Changes in the American Family Since 1970
There has been an enormous shift in American family life since 1970. For example, childcare has become the most pressing problem in many American households, and gender roles have been substantially redefined. Many believe both of these facts can ...
Family History: American Family Life in the Early to Mid-20th Century
American family life in the early to mid-20th century was shaped by two major events: the Great Depression and the Second World War. The so-called "traditional" American family of the Post-War years was actually a short-lived anomaly.
Employment During World War II
American history professor Alice Kessler-Harris explains that there was less employment discrimination towards women during World War II than there was during Depression, The , but it did persist and then, "...it returns full force after the War."
Families Today and Tomorrow: Family Challenges: Childcare
The growing participation of women in the labor force has led to dramatic changes in family life in the United States, particularly as regards children and childcare.