The economic emergence of women [electronic resource] /
Barbara R. Bergmann.
- 2nd ed., 1st ed.
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2005.
- 255 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-250) and index.
The breakup of the sex-role caste system -- Why did women emerge? -- The social factors : births, schools, divorces, ideas -- "Women's place" in the labor market -- Occupational segregation by sex : the root of women's disadvantage -- Setting the pay for the jobs women hold -- Government action against discrimination -- Affirmative action and pay equity -- The occupation of housewife -- Lone parents and their poverty -- Keeping house : the economics and politics of family care -- "Industrializing" housework and child care -- A policy agenda for the sex-role revolution. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Women--Economic conditions.--United States Women--Employment--United States. Sex discrimination against women--United States. Housewives--United States.