The price of motherhood
Subtitle: why the most important job in the world is still the least valued
By: Ann Crittenden.
Edition: 1st Owl Books ed.
Publisher: H. Holt & Co.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Motherhood -- United States; Motherhood -- Economic aspects -- United States; Mothers -- United States -- Economic conditions; Mothers -- United States -- Social conditions
Notes: Originaly published: New York : Metropolitan Books, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-303) and index.
Table of contents: title: Where we are now; title: A conspiracy of silence; title: How mothers' work was "disappeared" : the invention of the unproductive housewife; title: The truly invisible hand; title: The mommy tax; title: The dark little secret of family life; title: What is a wife worth?; title: Who really owns the family wage?; title: Who pays for the kids?; title: The welfare state versus a caring state; title: The toughest job you'll ever love; title: An accident waiting to happen; title: "It was her choice"; title: Conclusion : how to bring children up without putting women down.