Women and the Industrial Revolution
American history professor Alice Kessler-Harris explains that the Industrial Revolution brought advantages and disadvantages for women. Professor Kessler-Harris says that with the advent of textile factories, "...industr..
Women at Work
American history professor Alice Kessler-Harris explains that, in the early twentieth century, two-thirds of native-born White women worked exclusively in the home, while African-American women tended to work outside the..
Woodrow Wilson and Women's Suffrage
Professor of history Gary Gerstle talks about Woodrow Wilson's reluctant initial support for women's suffrage. Professor Gerstle explains that it was only when Wilson realized he needed the backing of women during World ..
Woodrow Wilson, Immigration and Minorities
Professor of history Gary Gerstle explains that Woodrow Wilson's views on immigrants and assimilation were very similar to those of Theodore Roosevelt. But while Roosevelt was very conflicted about minority rights, Wilso..
Working Women in Colonial America
American history professor Alice Kessler-Harris says that, during the period of "proto industrialization," things changed in the North when women became more engaged in what she calls "entrepreneurial activities." In the..
World of Uncertainty: Changing Look of U.S. Society, The
The U.S. population is becoming larger, older, and more diverse at end of 20th century. Minority groups are forming their own collectives in order to define themselves economically, socially and politically. Feminist gro..
World of Uncertainty: Clinton's Impeachment and Acquittal
On December 19, 1998, voting along party lines, the House approves two counts of impeachment against Bill Clinton. The matter then moves to the Senate where a trial of the President, the first since 1868, begins in early..
World of Uncertainty: Clinton, Triumphant and Embattled
Bill Clinton rebounds from the mid-term defeat and is in a commanding position to win re-election. His greatest strength is the success of the economy and the reduction of the federal deficit. Conservatives argue that so..
World of Uncertainty: Election of 2000, The
After the relative quiet of Clinton's last two years in office, the presidential election of 2000 turns out to be one of the most controversial in American history. As television coverage of the election unfolds, Gore wi..
World of Uncertainty: Launching the Clinton Presidency
In the early years of Clinton's presidency, liberals eagerly await the resurgence of federal initiatives, but a coalition of Southern Democrat and Republican senators constitute a conservative majority that defeats most ..