The economic emergence of women [electronic resource] / Barbara R. Bergmann.
By: Bergmann, Barbara R.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc
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Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2005Edition: 2nd ed., 1st ed.Description: 255 p. : ill.Subject(s): Women -- United States -- Economic conditions | Women -- Employment -- United States | Sex discrimination against women -- United States | Housewives -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.43/0973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-250) and index.
1. The breakup of the sex-role caste system -- 2. Why did women emerge? -- 3. The social factors : births, schools, divorces, ideas -- 4. "Women's place" in the labor market -- 5. Occupational segregation by sex : the root of women's disadvantage -- 6. Setting the pay for the jobs women hold -- 7. Government action against discrimination -- 8. Affirmative action and pay equity -- 9. The occupation of housewife -- 10. Lone parents and their poverty -- 11. Keeping house : the economics and politics of family care -- 12. "Industrializing" housework and child care -- 13. A policy agenda for the sex-role revolution.
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