Rosalyn Baxandall, a feminist historian "who was among the first to bring scholarly attention to the historical role of women in the workplace and to expand the meaning of 'women's work,' " died Tuesday, the New York Times reported. She was 76. With Linda Gordon and Susan Reverby, she "assembled primary documents, including letters and diaries, that offered a sweeping history of women and labor" and their 1976 book, America's Working Women: A Documentary History, 1600 to the Present, "was acquired for Random House by Toni Morrison, then a young editor there," the Times wrote. An extensively revised and updated edition was published in 1995. Baxandall's other books included Dear Sisters: Dispatches From The Women's Liberation Movement; and Picture Windows: How the Suburbs Happened.
