| Hard Choices: How Women Decide about Work, Career and Motherhood Volume 4 Contributor(s): Gerson, Kathleen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520057457 ISBN-13: 9780520057456 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $31.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1986 Annotation: "A clear, well-crafted, and convincing account of the account of the complex 'push-pulls' that affect women's life choices about work and motherhood. It therefore fills a unique niche: there are no books like this one that I know of, yet it touches on one of the most fundamental issues addressed by those who are interested in women's studies."--Kristin Luker |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 305.4 |
| LCCN: 84008602 |
| Series: California Social Choice and Political Economy |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.98" W x 9.18" (1.13 lbs) 350 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |