1960s
1970s
A01=Kathleen Gerson
american history
Author_Kathleen Gerson
Category=JBSF1
childcare
domestic life
economics
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family
family commitments
family life
feminism
feminist
feminist issues
gender roles
gender studies
growing up
having it all
marriage
maternity
maternity leave
middle class women
motherhood
parenting
political science
social issues
social justice
sociology
women in the workforce
womens issues
womens liberation
womens rights
womens studies
womens work
work and family
work life balance
working class women
working moms
working women
Product details
- ISBN 9780520057456
- Weight: 499g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 17 Mar 1986
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 carefully selected group of middle-class and working-class women who were young adults in the 1970s. Their informative life histories reveal the emerging social forces in American society that have led today's women to face several difficult choices.
Kathleen Gerson is Professor of Sociology, New York University.
