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NY Historical Society Presents Women's Work (Hybrid - presenter is on zoom)

Monday, July 15, 2024
1:00 pm2:00 pm

Register Here - https://rssny.org/class-forms/ny-historical-society.html

What is “women’s work?” How have broad trends in American economic, legal, and political history encouraged women to take certain jobs and restricted them from “men’s work?” How have race, ethnicity, social class, legal status, sexual orientation, and gender presentation impacted these distinctions?

In a new exhibition, the Center for Women’s History showcases approximately 45 objects from New-York Historical’s own Museum and Library collections to demonstrate how “women’s work” defies categorization. The items range from a 19th-century mahogany cradle to a 20th-century doctor’s dissection kit to a pinback button with the message “Shirley Chisholm for President.” The exhibition seeks to demonstrate that women’s work has been essential to American society and is inherently political: Women’s work is everywhere. Curated by the Center for Women’s History curatorial staff and fellows

We are pleased to have the NY Historical Society back with us!
Click Here to Learn More About the Exhibit - https://youtu.be/keT2p2El5FU

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