Independent Study Bibliography: Wages for Housework

  • Dixon, Marlene. “Wages for Housework and Strategies of Revolutionary Fantasy.” Synthesis, vol. 1, no. 4, 1977, pp. 12–17. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43783331. Accessed 6 May 2020. This is academically credible because it was published in a scholarly journal and has been peer-reviewed and is written by experts in the social science and political science field.
  • Knight, Sophie. “My Husband Paid Me to Do Housework.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 25 Sept. 2019, www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/09/pay-women-housework/598729/. The Atlantic is generally seen as a reliable source. All news stories on The Atlantic are properly sourced to factual information and usually present a reasonable balance on issues.
  • Moran, Porcshe N., et al. “Wages for Housework.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 2014, www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/09/09/wages-for-housework/taking-unpaid-housework-for-granted-is-wrong. The NYT is highly factual and considered one of the most reliable sources for news information due to proper sourcing and well respected journalists/editors. The articles regarding this topic are also written by respected writers, professors and journalists.
  • Rampton, Martha. “Four Waves of Feminism.” Pacific University, Pacific University, 21 Nov. 2019, www.pacificu.edu/magazine/four-waves-feminism. This article is reliable by academic standards because it was written by Martha Rampton (PhD) who works at Pacific University.Martha Rampton is Professor of History at Pacific University. She concentrates on the early medieval period with an emphasis on social history and the activities and roles of women. This source is also unbiased and is supported with evidence and factual based statements from an exp=
  • “Wages Against Housework.” Wages against Housework, by Silvia Federici, Falling Wall Press, 1975, pp. 2–8. This book is reliable because it was written by Silvia Federici who is an Italian and American scholar, & teacher. She was a very important voice during second wave feminism and used this book to express her views.