Hard choices : how women decide about work, career and motherhood / Kathleen Gerson.
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 gr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
1986.
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| Series: | California series on social choice and political economy.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 312 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-301) |
| ISBN: | 9780520908130 0520908139 9780520051744 0520051742 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |