Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Meeting Room A
How have relationships between domestic workers and employees changed over time, including around issues of race and gender? What are issues of pay injustice that have been true in the past and how are workers addressing such issues today? The conversation includes a historian, a feminist podcaster, and a labor expert.
Catherine Stewart, a history professor from Cornell College and an Obermann Fellow-in-Residence, is working on a book, The New Maid: African American Women and Domestic Service During the New Deal, which provides a much needed social and cultural history of African American women who labored as household workers during the New Deal.
Donna Cleveland is a magazine editor and the producer of Thread the Needle, a feminist podcast. An upcoming episode focuses on an eastern Iowa cleaning service that is owned and operated by a Latina.
Fatima Saeed is a home healthcare worker and a member of the board of the Center for Worker Justice.
Jennifer Sherer is Director of The University of Iowa Labor Center, where she oversees statewide outreach, engagement, and research projects on labor issues.
Obermann Conversations are cosponsored by the Obermann Center for University Advancement and the Iowa City Public Library.
If you need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this event, please contact the Library.
This event is open to the public.
Contact Information
Group Name: Obermann Center
Group Type: Non-profit corporations
Primary Contact Name: Jennifer New
Primary Contact Phone: 3193251226
Secondary Contact Name: Erin Hackathorn
Secondary Contact Phone: 3193354034
Cosponsor
Cosponsor Organization: Obermann Center for Advanced Studies
Cosponsor Name: Jennifer New
Cosponsor Phone: 3193251226
