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Author Van Horn, Susan Householder, 1934-

Title Women, work, and fertility, 1900-1986 / Susan Householder Van Horn.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [1988]
©1988

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.4 V256W    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series The American social experience series ; 9
American social experience series ; 9.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-228) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Women in 1900 -- Women and the family: 1900-1940 -- Work at home: 1900-1940 -- The workplace: 1900-1940 -- Ambivalence, nostalgia, and transition -- The baby-boom family -- Perspectives on high fertility -- Women's work: 1940-1960 -- The changing context of fertility: 1960-1986 -- The new workplace -- Women's rush to work: Necessity or opportunity? -- Women at the end of the twentieth century
Subject Women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Families -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Indexed Term United States Women Employment Socioeconomic aspects
Chronological Term Geschichte 1900-1986
ISBN 0814787592 alkaline paper
9780814787595 alkaline paper
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