{"product_id":"from-angel-to-office-worker-susie-s-porter-9781496205780","title":"From Angel to Office Worker: Middle-Class Identity and Female Consciousness in Mexico, 1890-1950","description":"2019 Thomas McGann Award for best publication in Latin American Studies \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 Revolution and 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To understand how office workers shaped middle-class identities in Mexico, \u003ci\u003eFrom Angel to Office Worker\u003c\/i\u003e examines 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. \u003ci\u003eFrom Angel to Office Worker\u003c\/i\u003e is 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susie S. Porter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496205782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496205780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d","brand":"Susie S. Porter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979703582975,"sku":"9781496205780","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d832c39-4679-408a-bc50-e92a61942b5f.jpg?v=1683246577","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-angel-to-office-worker-susie-s-porter-9781496205780","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}