Working Women And Families

Book : Working Women And Families

Author : * Karen Wolk Feinstein

Language : English

Library : Women

Publish Place : U.S.A.

ISBN : 0-8039-1158-0

Volume : 4

Publish Date : January 1979

Publisher : Sage Publications

Book Type : Book

Book Number : 1897

INDEX

CONTENTS


Chapter

Preface
KAREN WOLK FEINSTEIN
1.Introduction
Women Working: Toward a New Society
ALAN PIFER

2.Women Working: Historical Trends,
SHARLENE J. HESSE

3.Occupational Values and Family Roles: Women in
Blue-Collar and Service Occupations .
MARY LINDENSTEIN WALSHOK
4.Racial Differences in Female Labor-Force Participa-tion: Trends and Implications for the Future
FRANK L. MOTT
5. Women, Work, and Welfare: The Feminization of Poverty
DIANA PEARCE

6. Husbands at Home: Organization of the Husband's Household Day
SARAH FENSTERMAKER BERK
7. Job-Sharing Couples
WILLIAM ARKIN and LYNNE R. DOBROFSKY
8 . Directions for Day Care
KAREN WOLK FEINSTEIN
9. Nontraditional Work Schedules for Women DENISE F. POLIT
10 .Hours Rigidity: Effects on the Labor-Market Status of Women
RALPH E. SMITH
11 .Employment Problems of Women: Federal Govern-
ment Examples
NIJOLE V. BENOKRAITIS

12
Women's Retirement Income WILLIAM D. SPECTOR

Conclusion
Family Wholeness: New Conceptions of Family Roles ELISE BOULDING
The Contributors