Emily Callaci Publishes Book Wages for House Work

Cover image for book entitled "Wages for House Work: The Story of a Movement, an Idea, a Promise" by Professor Emily Callaci. The front cover features an image of a woman and an image of a crowd of people in front of a factory. The colors for both the image and the text are vibrant pink and indigo.In February 2025, UW-Madison History Professor Emily Callaci published a new book entitled Wages for House Work: The Story of a Movement, an Idea, a Promise. You can find Wages for House Work at Penguin Publishing. Read more about the book and Emily Callaci’s work on this project at The Guardian.

Wages for Housework has been shortlisted for the prestigious Cundhill History Prize.