Temple Chair in Women's History and Mastin Gentry White Professor of Southern History Emerita at the University of Texas at Austin. She will also talk about the significance of everyday paid and unpaid labor as a subject for historical study, as well as labor history as a form of political activism. Jones will discuss Labor of Love in relation to her other books and her own family life at the time in 1985. This year, join us as we take a look back at Jacqueline Jones’ Bancroft Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist publication, Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work, and the Family, from Slavery to the Present (1985). Baron Lecture, inaugurated in 2004, brings a distinguished AAS member who has written a seminal work of history to Antiquarian Hall to reflect on the book’s impact on scholarship and society in the years since its first appearance. Doors open at 6:30pm and we encourage you to arrive early to present your proof of vaccination. COVID-19 vaccinations are required for all in person visitors. Closed captioning will be available for virtual attendees. Advance registration is required for both. This hybrid program will be held in person at Antiquarian Hall and livestreamed to a virtual audience on YouTube. Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: A Retrospective Jacqueline Jones Thursday, October 20, 2022, at 7:00 PM ET
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