• Women who opt out : the debate over working mothers and work-family balance
  • [NT 42944] Record Type: [NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
    [NT 47348] Title Information: the debate over working mothers and work-family balance
    [NT 47354] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: JonesBernie D,
    [NT 47356] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: Project Muse
    [NT 47351] Place of Publication: New York
    [NT 47263] Published: New York University Press;
    [NT 47352] Year of Publication: c2012
    [NT 47264] Description: 1 online resource (xii, 199 p.)ill. :
    [NT 47266] Subject: Feminism - History - United States -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Women's rights - United States -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Sex discrimination in employment - United States -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Wages - Working mothers - United States -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Working mothers - United States -
    [NT 51458] Online resource: http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780814745052/
    [NT 47265] Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9780814745052electronic bk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9780814743126hbk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 0814743129hbk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9780814743133pbk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 0814743137pbk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 0814745059ebook
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9780814745069ebook
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 0814745067ebook
    [NT 60779] Content Note: Preface -- "Opting out" : women's history and feminist legal theory -- Introduction: women, work and motherhood in American history / Bernie D. Jones -- Is "opting out" for real? -- The rhetoric and reality of "opting out" : toward a better understanding of professional women's decisions to head home / Pamela Stone and Lisa Ackerly Hernandez -- The real "opt-out revolution" and a new model of flexible careers / Kerstin Aumann and Ellen Galinsky -- Can all women "opt in" before they "opt out?" -- "Opting in" to full labor force participation in hourly jobs / Susan J. Lambert -- The challenges to and consequences of "opting out" for low-wage, new mothers / Maureen Perry-Jenkins -- The future of family caregiving : the value of work-family strategies that benefit both : care consumers and paid care workers / Peggie R. Smith -- Care work andwomen's employment : a comparative perspective / JoyaMisra -- Conclusion -- The opt out revolution revisited / Joan C. Williams & Jamie Dolkas -- Bibliography -- About the contributors -- Index
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