Month: August 2010

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Work…

Week of August 30, 2010

“Less Work, More Life”

In the News: As Labor Day (U.S.) approaches next week, we focus on how work affects our lives. The cover story in the September 2010 issue of The Progressive highlights the need for Americans to work less. The author, John de Graaf, argues that “reducing hours and sharing available work is essential for our families, health, economic security, and the environment.”

About Time: The Revolution in Work and Family Life
By Patricia Hewitt. IPPR/Rivers Oram, 1993
Call Number: HD5106 .H48 1993

Breaking the Mold: Redesigning Work for Productive and Satisfying Lives
By Lotte Bailyn. ILR Press, 2006
Call Number: HD4904.25 .B33 2006

CEO of Me: Creating a Life That Works in the Flexible Job Age
By Ellen Ernst Kossek and Brenda A. Lautsch. Wharton School Pub., 2008
Call Number: HD4904.25 .K667 2008

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Suffrage

Library titles related to the latest headlines…

Week of August 23, 2010

Suffrage

In the News: In anticipation of the upcoming primary elections this Tuesday (8/24), we look at the Nineteenth Amendment which gave all American women the right to vote. Last week marked the 90th anniversary that the amendment was ratified by Congress. Now, go out and vote!

African American Women Voters: Racializing Religiosity, Political Consciousness and Progressive Political Action in U.S. Presidential Elections from 1964 through 2008
By Lisa Nikol Nealy. University Press of America, 2009
Call Number: JK1924 .N43 2009

Alice Paul and the American Suffrage Campaign
By Katherine H. Adams and Michael L. Keene. University of Illinois Press, 2008
Call Number: HQ1413 .P38 A23 2008

The British Women’s Suffrage Campaign, 1866-1928
By Harold L. Smith. Pearson/Longman, 2007
Call Number: HQ1236.5 .G7 S55 2007

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Feminist as Thinker: A Reader in Documents and Essays
Edited by Ellen Carol DuBois and Richard Candida Smith. New York University Press, 2007 Call Number: HQ1413 .S67 A5 2007

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Breastfeeding / Sweatshops

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Week of August 2, 2010

Breastfeeding /  Sweatshops

In the News: World Breastfeeding Week runs through August 7, 2010. The World Health Organization states that breastfeeding is the “best way to provide newborns with the nutrients they need” and recommends “exclusive breastfeeding until a baby is six months old, and continued breastfeeding with the addition of nutritious complementary foods for up to two years or beyond.” Breast is best.

Also In the News: Nike, the sports apparel giant, will pay over $1.5 million to assist 1,800 Honduran subcontracted workers who were laid off in 2009. United Students Against Sweatshops, the grassroots student-run group that formed in 1997, pressured Nike to provide $2.5 million in severance pay to the workers, but the company opted to create a relief fund instead. The University of Wisconsin terminated its licensing agreement with Nike due to the school’s concerns about how the Honduran workers were treated. Cornell University threatened to drop Nike prior to the company’s announcement.

BREASTFEEDING

The ABCs of Breastfeeding: Everything a Mom Needs to Know for a Happy Nursing Experience
By Stacey H. Rubin. AMACOM, 2008
Call Number: Available online via NetLibrary

Breast Feeding and Sexuality: Behaviour, Beliefs and Taboos among the Gogo Mothers in Tanzania
By Mara Mabilia. Berghahn Books, 2005
Call Number: DT443 .G64 M33 2005

Breastfeeding: Laws and Societal Impact
Edited by Sarah W. Ying. Nova Science Pubishers, 2005
Call Number: RJ216 .B74 2005

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