This Grand Experiment: When Women Entered the Federal Workforce in Civil War-Era Washington, D.C.
Title | This Grand Experiment: When Women Entered the Federal Workforce in Civil War-Era Washington, D.C. |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2017 |
Authors | Ziparo, Jessica |
Publisher | University of North Carolina Press |
City | Chapel Hill, United States |
Abstract | Here, Jessica Ziparo traces the struggles and triumphs of early female federal employees, who were caught between traditional, cultural notions of female dependence and an evolving movement of female autonomy in a new economic reality. In doing so, Ziparo demonstrates how these women challenged societal gender norms, carved out a place for independent women in the streets of Washington, and sometimes clashed with the female suffrage movement.Examining the advent of female federal employment, Ziparo finds a lost opportunity for wage equality in the federal government and shows how despite discrimination, prejudice, and harassment, women persisted, succeeding in making their presence in the federal workforce permanent (Amazon). |
URL | https://lccn.loc.gov/2017013226 |
Short Title | This Grand Experiment |
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