Nona Y. Glazer (born 1932) is a

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and

women's studies Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppress ...

Early life and education

Nona Glazer was born in 1932. She graduated with a bachelor's degree and master's degree from the

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, and a PhD from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

Career

Glazer co-founded the women's studies program at

Portland State University Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans. It evolved into a four-year college over the following two decades ...

in 1971. Her research interests are women and work. She defined the concept "work transfer" to describe the redistribution of responsibilities from paid workers to unpaid volunteers. She authored the book ''Women's Unpaid and Paid Labor'', published in 1993 by

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. It examined women's paid and unpaid work in healthcare and retail, and work transfer in these industries which have shifted labor to women and families. She served as President of

Sociologists for Women in Society Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) is an international organization of social scientists—students, faculty, practitioners, and researchers—working together to improve the position of women within sociology and society in general. History ...

from 1976 to 1978, and from 1977 to 1978 was a chair of the sex and gender and the family sections of the

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. She was a National Science Foundation fellow. In 1997, Glazer was awarded the

Jessie Bernard Award {{refimprove, date=July 2022 The Jessie Bernard Award is given by the American Sociological Association in recognition of scholarly work that has enlarged the horizons of sociology to encompass fully the role of women in society. The contribution ...

by the American Sociological Association in recognition of her career.

References

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