Women between two worlds : midlife reflections on work and family / Myra Dinnerstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dinnerstein, Myra, 1934-

Series:

Women in the political economy.

Women in the political economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Married women--Employment--United States--Case studies.

Married women.

Middle class women--Employment--United States--Case studies.

Middle class women.

Work and family--United States--Case studies.

Work and family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Myra Dinnerstein examines the choices and compromises of a generation of women who came of age after World War II. Her in-depth study traces the experiences of twenty-two middle-class women from childhood to adulthood and their evolution from traditional wives and mothers to career women at midlife. Her richly detailed interviews explore the tensions of combining work, marriage, and family life and remind us of the significance of one's social and personal context with respect to the ability to make satisfying choices.Middle-class women born between 1936 and 1944 have been split between two wo

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Study Participants; CHAPTER I: Introduction; CHAPTER 2: Growing Up Female: The Possible and the Appropriate; CHAPTER 3: Becoming Adult Women; CHAPTER 4: At Home; CHAPTER 5: From Housewives to Career Women; CHAPTER 6: The Persistence of Domesticity; CHAPTER 7: Between Two Worlds; CHAPTER 8: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-217) and index.

ISBN:

9786612938801

9781282938809

1282938800

9781439904220

1439904227

OCLC:

630545026