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From angel to office worker : middle-class identity and female consciousness in Mexico, 1890-1950

Porter, Susie S., 1965- author

Overview

\"In late nineteenth-century Mexico a woman's presence in the home was a marker of middle-class identity. However, as economic conditions declined during the Mexican Revolutionand jobs traditionally held by women disappeared, a growing number of women began to look for work outside the domestic sphere. As these \"angels of the home\" began to take office jobs, middle-class identity became more porous.

To understand how office workers shaped middle-class identities in Mexico, From Angel to Office Workerexamines the material conditions of women's work and analyzes how women themselves reconfigured public debates over their employment. At the heart of the women's movement was a labor movement led by secretaries and office workers whose demands included respect for seniority, equal pay for equal work, and resources to support working mothers, both married and unmarried. Office workers also developed a critique of gender inequality and sexual exploitation both within and outside the workplace. From Angel to Office Workeris a major contribution to modern Mexican history as historians begin to ask new questions about the relationships between labor, politics, and the cultural and public spheres.\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Subject: Women Employment Mexico History 20th century. / Women clerks Mexico History 20th century. / Middle class women Mexico History 20th century. / HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico. / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
• ISBN: 9781496204219, 9781496206510, 9781496205780, 9781496206503

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HD6101.P67 2018	1	BOOK	BUSINESS