October 22, 2025
Join this roundtable discussion hosted by The Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA), who say,
Please join us for a roundtable on “The Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rican Women Organizing for Social Justice” (Duke University Press, 2025). The historians on the panel will share their comments on the book and reflect more broadly on contemporary dialogues about women's activism, migration, reproductive labor, care work, and social reproduction in Puerto Rican, Latina/x, U.S., and Latin American contexts.
Participants will include
- Emma Amador (University of Connecticut)
- Sarah McNamara (Texas A&M University)
- Eileen Boris (University of California, Santa Barbara)
- Carmen Whalen (Williams College)
- Eileen Findlay (American University)
- Annelise Orleck (Dartmouth College)
About the book:
This book tells the story of Puerto Rican women's involvement in political activism for social and economic justice in Puerto Rico and the United States throughout the 20th century. Amador focuses on the experiences and contributions of Puerto Rican social workers, care workers, and caregivers who fought for the compensation of reproductive labor in society and the establishment of social welfare programs.
Register for this Zoom event here.