Title: Race, gender, and work : a multi-cultural economic history of women in the United States /
Authors: Amott, Teresa L.; Matthaei, Julie A.
Publisher: South End Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Women United States Economic conditions.; Women United States History; Women Employment United States.
Contents: Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Race, Class, Gender, and Women's Works: A Conceptual Framework -- Ch. 3. I Am the Fire of Time: American Indian Women -- Ch. 4. The Soul of Tierra Madre: Chicana Women -- Ch. 5. Whatever Your Fight, Don't Be Ladylike: European American Women -- Ch. 6. We Specialize in the Wholly Impossible: African American Women -- Ch. 7. Climbing Gold Mountain: Asian American Women -- Ch. 8. Yo Misma Fui Mi Ruta: Puerto Rican Women -- Ch. 9. The Growth of Wage Work -- Ch. 10. The Transformation of Women's Wage Work -- Ch. 11. Seeking Beyond History -- App A: United States Census Sources -- App B: Definitions of Major Occupational Categories -- App C: Labor Force Participation Rates, 1900-1980, and Share of Families Which Were Female-Headed, 1960-1980 -- App D: Some Problems of Comparability Between Census Years.