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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less
by Terry Ryan  Publisher Comments The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio introduces Evelyn Ryan, an enterprising woman who kept poverty at bay with wit, poetry, and perfect prose during the "contest era" of the 1950s and 1960s. Standing up to the church, her alcoholic husband, and antiquated...
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Sweatshop Warriors : Immigrant Women Workers Take on the Global Factory (01 Edition)
by Miriam Ching Yoon Louie Publisher Comments In this up-close and personal look at the heroines who make family, community, and society tick, Miriam Ching Yoon Louie showcases immigrant women workers speaking out for themselves, in their own words. While public outrage over sweatshops builds in...
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The Second Shift
by Arlie Ru Hochschild Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-314) and index....
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Opting Out?: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home
by Pamela Stone Publisher Comments Noting a phenomenon that might seem to recall a previous era, "The New York Times Magazine "recently portrayed women who leave their careers in order to become full-time mothers as "opting out." But are high-achieving, professional women really "choosing...
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Competing Devotions: Career and Family Among Women Executives
by Mary Blair Loy Publisher Comments The wrenching decision facing successful women choosing between demanding careers and intensive family lives has been the subject of many articles and books, most of which propose strategies for resolving the dilemma. Competing Devotionsfocuses on...
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Money, a Memoir: Women, Emotions, and Cash
by Liz Perle Publisher Comments A bold and personal book that digs below the surface of one of society's last taboos — money — and illuminates how women's emotional relationship with it affects every part of their lives. Long ago, and not entirely consciously, Liz Perle made...
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The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much?
by Leslie Bennetts Synopsis Renowned "Vanity Fair" journalist Bennetts electrifies the debate over women's life choices with a riveting new book that completely redefines the work-family question. She offers a persuasive argument for why women can--and should--make more than one...
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What Women Really Want: How American Women Are Quietly Erasing Political, Racial, Class, and Religious Lines to Change the Way We Live
by Celinda Lake Publisher Comments In this smart study, two of the hottest trend-spotters in America show how a united power base among women is reshaping the state of the nation much more than the politics of left and right....
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Women's Work and Public Policy: A History of the Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, 1945-1970
by Kathleen A Laughlin Publisher Comments This institutional history of the U.S. Department of Labor's Women's Bureau shows how the collaboration between a federal agency with grassroots constituents in the 1940s and 1950s set the stage for resurgent feminism in the 1960s....
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Gender, Work & Medicine: Women & the Medical Division of Labour
by Elianne Riska Publisher Comments Even though the proportion of female doctors is rising, continued constraints are placed on women in the health professions. A critical assessment of the division of labor in medicine, Gender, Work, and Medicine reveals the centrality of gender divisions...
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Women and Work: A Reader
by Paula J Dubeck Publisher Comments Women and Work: A Reader is the first book to offer a comprehensive global exploration of the challenges and career blocks that today's women face in the workplace. Despite benefiting from the struggles of previous generations, working women today still...
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Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences #16: Legalizing Gender Inequality: Courts, Markets and Unequal Pay for Women in America
by Robert L Nelson Publisher Comments Legalizing Gender Inequality challenges existing theories of gender inequality within economic, sociological, and legal organization....
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Dishing It Out: Power and Resistance Among Waitresses in a New Jersey Restaurant (Women in the Political Economy)
by Greta Foff Paules Publisher Comments The colorful and often amusing comments by the women Paules interviewed indicate that they have developed an arsenal of subtle but undeniably effective tactics to combat the exploitive elements of the job, to maximize tips, and to secure the boss's...
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Womens Work in the World Economy Issue
by Nancy Folbre Publisher Comments An impressive gathering of the latest feminist economic scholarship and a revealing overview of the role of female labor in the global economy, this volume examines the economic contributions of women in both underdeveloped and advanced capitalist...
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From Marriage to the Market: The Transformation of Women's Lives and Work
by Susan Thistle Publisher Comments A social transformation of profound proportions has been unfolding over the second half of the twentieth century as women have turned from household work to wages as the key source of their livelihood. This timely study, a broad comparative analysis of...
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Money : a Memoir : Women, Emotions, and Cash (06 Edition)
by Liz Perle Publisher Comments This bold and personal book digs below the surface of one of society's last taboos--money--and illuminates how women's emotional relationship with it affects every part of their lives....
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Why Women Earn Less: How To Make What You're Really Worth
by Mikelann R. Valterra Publisher Comments "Why Women Earn Less" is a practical, step-by-step guide for under-earning women who are ready to turn their lives around. It demystifies the process of underearning, explores its underlying psychological and emotional issues, and offers practical advice...
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Women and Elective Office: Past, Present, and Future
by Sue Thomas Publisher Comments Since the publication of the first edition of this book, former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun's campaign for the presidency in 2004 and the widespread discussion of a run in 2008 by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton have significantly raised the profile...
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Stepping Up to Power: The Political Journey of American Women
by Harriett Woods Publisher Comments Harriett Woods insists that it will take more than a woman president to assure that women have effective political power in the next millennium. Stepping Up to Power looks backward in order to move women forward; Woods believes that getting more women to...
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Hard Choices: How Women Decide about Work, Career and Motherhood
by Kathleen Gerson Publisher Comments How do women choose between work and family commitments? And what are the causes, limits, and consequences of the "subtle revolution" in women's choices over the 1960s and 1970s? To answer these questions, Kathleen Gerson analyzes the experiences of a...
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