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  Women's Studies - Wages for Housework - Marjorie Collins Speaks with Selma James (Founder)

  This episode of Women’s Studies, hosted by Viv Sutherland, features a taped interview by Marjorie Collins with Selma James, founder of the Wages for Housework movement. James discusses the economic exploitation of women’s unpaid domestic labor, the hierarchies within capitalism that devalue care work, and the need for international solidarity among women demanding wages for housework. She connects women’s financial independence to personal liberation, equality in relationships, and freedom of sexual and emotional expression, including lesbian identity. The episode concludes with live listener call-ins responding to James’s ideas about women’s labor, dependency, and social change.

  Tags Capitalism, Gender Roles, Women--Employment--United States, Women--United States--Economic conditions, Women's Studies, Women’s Liberation
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  Common Ground - Women Have Always Worked

  (This is side B of tape) An interview with Alice Kessler-Harris about her book, "Women Have Always Worked," published by Feminist Press. Hessler redefines "work" and also emphasizes how historically women's labor was not salaried or compensated financially.

  Tags Alice Kessler-Harris, Feminism, Homemaking, Industrial Revolution, Labor, Motherhood, Phyllis Kriegel, Women--Employment--United States, Women--United States--Economic conditions