Preface -- Part One. Roots : Women and labor migration -- Japanese American immigration and settlement -- Issei, Nisei, war brides -- The labor market -- Part Two. Work : Careers in domestic service -- On the job : Conditions of work and strategies for coping -- The meaning of demeaning work -- Part Three. Family : Creating and maintaining family life -- Gender politics in the family : Issei -- Gender politics in the family : Nisei and war brides -- Appendixes.