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Title:

Working women / Christina Fisanick, book editor.

Publisher:

Thomson / Gale ;

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Working mothers--United States.
Sex discrimination in employment--United States.
Women employees--Family relationships--United States.
United States--Social policy.
Work and family--United States.

Other Authors:

Fisanick, Christina.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-231) and index.

Contents:

Periodical bibliography -- Introduction -- 4. How should working women better manage their finances? -- Chapter preface -- 1. Women must take charge of their finances / Jim McGaw -- and Archana Rai -- 2. Women still earn less than men because of sex discrimination / Evelyn Murphy and E. J. Graff -- 3. Women do not earn less than men because of sex discrimination / Kate O'Beirne -- 4. Privatizing Social Security will benefit women / Carrie L. Lukas -- 5. Privatizing Social Security will not benefit women / Mary Hull Caballero -- Periodical bibliography -- ch. 2. Are working women discriminated against in the workplace? -- Chapter preface -- 1. The glass ceiling still exists for women in the workplace / Mark Trumbull -- 2. The real glass ceiling begins at home / Linda Hirshman -- 3. Mothers are discriminated against in the workplace / Eliza Strickland -- 4. Fathers are discriminated against in the workplace / Jim McGaw -- Periodical bibliography --
and Index. Chapter preface -- 1. Working women are caught in a work/life time bind / Cynthia Ingols -- 2. The Family and Medical Leave Act should be expanded / Mothers Movement Online -- 3. The Family and Medical Leave Act should not be expanded / The National Coalition to Protect Family Leave -- 4. The federal government should subsidize child care / Suzanne W. Helburn and Barbara Bergmann -- 5. The federal government should not subsidize child care / Gary Becker -- 6. Family-friendly policies help working mothers / Heather Boushey -- 7. Family-friendly policies do not help single women / Amy Joyce -- Periodical bibliography -- ch. 4. Are working women good for families? -- Chapter preface -- 1. Career women make bad wives / Michael Noer -- 2. Career women do not make bad wives / Stephanie Coontz -- 3. Working mothers are exploiting hired care givers / Caitlin Flanagan -- 4. Working mothers are not exploiting hired care givers / Cynthia Fuchs Epstein -- 5. Women are opting out of the workplace to be stay-at-home moms / Lisa Belkin -- 6. Women are not opting out of the workplace to be stay-at-home moms / Debra Merrill-Sands, Jill Kickul, and Cynthia Ingols -- Periodical bibliography -- For further discussion -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography of books -- Index.

Series:

Opposing viewpoints series

ISBN:

0737737727 (pbk.)
9780737737721 (pbk.)
9780737737714
0737737719
0737737719 (hardcover)
9780737737714 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2007030796

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)