Because the city was built on small industry, commerce, and services, women had much more varied job opportunities available to them. Whereas nationally, one in five women were employed outside the household at the turn of the century, the proportion was close to one in three in New York City. As Rosenberg tell us, at least since the mid-nineteenth century, women in New York were more likely to engage in paid work than those in other cities. In one respect, New York women shared many of the conditions of other urban women in another respect, they enjoyed and suffered special status. The book provides a rich narrative of intellectual striving and achievement made possible by the unique opportunities available to women in the city. At moments, the real subject of her book is a lively intellectual history of women in New York City.Īnd what a fascinating account this is. To accomplish this, the author offers many stories of New York's intellectual life, moving far beyond the institutional confines of Columbia. Rosalind Rosenberg tells the story of the impact of women on Columbia University and Columbia University's impact on the world of scholarship and reform, especially as these interlinked realms have related to understandings of gender and race. $29.50.Ĭhanging the Subject: How the Women of Columbia Shaped the Way We Think About Sex and Politics is a capacious and delightful book about an important subject. Fifty-one black-and-white photographs, notes, bibliography, and index. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
Changing the Subject: How the Women of Columbia Shaped the Way We Think About Sex and Politics.
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