"In the emotional public debate about women and work, conventional wisdom holds that middle-class women "choose … middle-class women are more likely to work than working-class women. In this timely volume, Sarah Damaske debunks the myth … that financial needs determine women's workforce participation, revealing that financial resources make it easier for women …

economy is trapped in an old way of doing business; work structures have not adapted as more women enter the workforce. Gender …"In Career and Family, Claudia Goldin builds on decades of complex research to examine the gender pay gap and the … writes, treat the symptoms and not the disease of gender inequality in the workplace and economy. Goldin points to data that …

Writing with a keen eye for detail as well as a real empathy with the first generation of wage-earning women, Tentler …