"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 …

Baby boomer professional women : who are they? -- Family influences -- Building careers in an era of change -- At the … stories of baby boomer women important? -- What are the lessons we can all take away? -- Post-career, but future-oriented …

Introduction: Working Women in(to) Rhetorical History / Jessica Enoch and David Gold -- Republicanism, Religiosity, and … the Rhetoric of Women's Labor Reform in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1830-1850 000 / Amy J. Wan -- From Slave to Seamstress … -- Professional Proof: Arguing for Women Photographers at the Fin de Siecle / Kristie S. Fleckenstein -- Making Use of the Mundane …

Chronicling the lives and career choices of a dynamic group of women, this book provides a comprehensive and unique … glimpse into the intricate balance of work and family. Women's Employment and Homemaking Careers is based on three surveys …, the first conducted while the women were attending university, and the second and third conducted one and two decades …

Hispanic women in the US. The first part examines 1990 and 2002, two years with very similar national unemployment levels, and … the poverty levels of black and Hispanic women would be different if they were paid the same wages as white women with the … same characteristics. The results show that for the working poor black women the difference in poverty rates would be small …

Prologue: The big lie -- Introduction: We (I) screwed up -- part 1. The open secret of women and work: Something has to … counternarrative : women at home -- part 3. Paid in full : how we get there: The four forces of change ; Empower : changing our reality …A leading activist takes apart the myth of "having it all" and lifts the burden on individual women to be primary …