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Author:

Moe, Karine S.

Title:

Glass ceilings and 100-hour couples : what the opt-out phenomenon can teach us about work and family / Karine Moe and Dianna Shandy.

Publisher:

University of Georgia Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xiv, 215 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Work and family--United States.
Working mothers--United States.
Stay-at-home mothers--United States.
Women--Employment--United States.
Dual-career families--United States.
Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination)--United States.

Other Authors:

Shandy, Dianna J.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Numbers too big to ignore -- Why opting out is an everywoman issue -- The 100-hour couple -- Glass ceilings and maternal walls -- Second shift redux -- Child care dilemmas -- Mama time -- The hectic household -- The professionalization of at-home motherhood -- Financial costs -- Negotiating without a paycheck -- Reigniting the career -- Creative strategies for making work "work" -- Coming of age in America.

ISBN:

0820334049 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780820334042 (cloth : alk. paper)
0820331546 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780820331546 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)318866863

LCCN:

2009017227

Locations:

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

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

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)