The Economic Emergence of Women
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The Economic Emergence of Women

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Economic Emergence of Women

About this book

This new edition of a classic feminist book explains how one of the great historical revolutions - the ongoing movement toward equality between the sexes - has come about. Its origins are to be found, not in changing ideas, but in the economic developments that have made women's labour too valuable to be spent exclusively in domestic pursuits. The revolution is unfinished; new arrangements are needed to fight still-prevalent discrimination in the workplace, to achieve a more just sharing of housework and childcare between women and men, and, with the weakening of the institution of marriage, to re-erect a firm economic basis for the raising of children.

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Yes, you can access The Economic Emergence of Women by B. Bergmann in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Economic History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. 1 The Breakup of the Sex-Role Caste System
  5. 2 Why Did Women Emerge?
  6. 3 The Social Factors: Births, Schools, Divorces, Ideas
  7. 4 "Women’s Place" in the Labor Market
  8. 5 Occupational Segregation by Sex: The Root of Women’s Disadvantage
  9. 6 Setting the Pay for the Jobs Women Hold
  10. 7 Government Action Against Discrimination
  11. 8 Affirmative Action and Pay Equity
  12. 9 The Occupation of Housewife
  13. 10 Lone Parents and their Poverty
  14. 11 Keeping House: The Economics and Politics of Family Care
  15. 12 "Industrializing" Housework and Child Care
  16. 13 A Policy Agenda for the Sex-Role Revolution
  17. Appendix
  18. Notes
  19. Index