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Women's figures : an illustrated guide to the economic progress of women in America / Diana Furchtgott-Roth.
LIBRA HQ1426 .F885 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Furchtgott-Roth, Diana.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--United States--Economic conditions--20th century--Statistics.
- Women.
- Sex discrimination in employment--United States--History--20th century--Statistics.
- Sex discrimination in employment.
- Sex discrimination against women--United States--History--20th century--Statistics.
- Sex discrimination against women.
- History.
- Economic conditions.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 197 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- 2012 edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : AEI Press ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : National Book Network [distributor], [2012]
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- List of illustrations
- List of acronyms
- Introduction
- Facts and myths about women at work and in politics
- Reaching the top : women's educational attainment
- The marriage penalty, social security disincentives, and other ways government
- The success of minority women
- Way to go, female entrepreneurs!
- Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which country is the fairest of them all?
- Do feminist organizations serve women today?
- Conclusions
- Appendix: statistical tables
- References
- Index
- About the author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780844772417
- 0844772410
- 9780844772424
- 0844772429
- 9780844772431
- 0844772437
- OCLC:
- 765487032
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