Taking On the Big Boys : Or Why Feminism Is Good for Families, Business, and the Nation.

The feisty humor of Molly Ivins and the journalistic flair of Barbara Ehrenreich meet when longtime labor activist Ellen Bravo relates stories from business and government and women's testimonies from offices, assembly lines, hospitals, and schools. Bravo unmasks the patronizing, trivializing,...

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Main Author: Bravo, Ellen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Feminist Press at CUNY, 2007.
Series:Mariam K. Chamberlain series on social and economic justice.
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505 0 |a CONTENTS; Acknowledgments xi; 1. Overview 3; 2. Why Social Workers Earn Less thanAccountants: Pay Equity 20; 3. Can You Have a Job and a Life? 46; 4. Can a Woman Do a Man's Job? 69; 5. You Want to See My What? Sexual Harassment 98; 6. Nine to Five: Not Just a MovieThe Right to Organize 124; 7. Working Other than Nine to Five: Part-Time and Temporary Jobs 149; 8. What this Nation Really Thinks of Motherhood: Welfare Reform 174; 9. Revaluing Women's Work Outside of Work 201; 10. How You Can Help Get There 229; Notes 241; Appendix A. Organizations Working for Women 267. 
505 8 |a Appendix B. Alternative Sources of Information 279Index 282. 
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