The Intersection of Work and Family Life

ISBN-13: 9783598414763 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 334 str.

Nancy F. Cott

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The articles in this volume detail how women of various ethnic and racial groups have managed the necessary combination of economic and familial tasks, in both rural and urban settings. They provide an overview of the continued importance and consequence of women's economic roles.

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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Introduction -- Part 2 -- THE HISTORICAL PROBLEM OF THE FAMILY WAGE: THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THE FIVE DOLLAR DAY -- RURAL PUSH AND URBAN PULL: WORK AND FAMILY EXPERIENCES OF OLDER BLACK WOMEN IN SOUTHERN CITIES, 1880-1900 -- Our Own Kind: Family and Community Networks -- THE "GOOD MANAGERS": MARRIED WORKING CLASS WOMEN AND FAMILY BUDGET STUDIES, 1895-1915 -- The Female Life Cycle and the Measure of Jewish Social Change: Portland, Oregon, 1880-1930 -- The Women's March: Miners, Family, and Community in Pittsburg, Kansas, 1921-1922 -- Cotton Mill People: Work, Community, and Protest in the Textile South, 1880-1940 -- BEYOND THE FAMILY ECONOMY: BLACK AND WHITE WORKING-CLASS WOMEN DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION -- The Economics of Middle-Income Family Life: Working Women During the Great Depression -- Working after Childbearing in Modern America -- A PROMISE FULFILLED: Mexican Cannery Workers in Southern California -- The Impact of "Sun Belt Industrialization" on Chicanas -- Copyright Information -- Index