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The new feminist agenda : defining the next revolution for women, work, and family / Madeleine M. Kunin.
Feminists Opened up Thousands of Doors in The 1960s and 1970s, but, decades later, are US women where they thought they'd be? The answer is a resounding no.
Women now comprise nearly 60 percent of college undergraduates and half of all medical and law students. They have entered the workforce in record numbers, making the two-wage-earner family the norm. However, social structures surrounding work and family have remained static. Affordable, high-quality childcare, paid family leave, and equal pay for equal work remain elusive. The United States has also fallen far behind other countries on the gender-equity front with fewer women elected to Congress.
It's time, says former US Ambassador and Governor Madeleine M. Kunin, to change all that and usher in a new social revolution-one that mobilizes women, and men, to call for the kind of policies that can improve the lives of women and strengthen their families. Book jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 1603582916
- ISBN: 9781603582919 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 288 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., [2012]
- Copyright: ©2012
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Time for a new revolution -- Back to the family, after all -- What can we learn from the rest of the world? -- What can we learn from similar nations: England, Australia, and Canada? -- American exceptionalism, political divisions, and the states -- Win/win: workplace flexibility -- The early years: child care and early education -- New family portraits -- How women leaders make a difference -- What women need to create equal opportunities in the workplace -- Building a coalition -- Child poverty -- How do we win? |
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| Subject: | Work and family > United States. Women employees > United States. Feminism > United States. |
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Summary:
Feminists Opened up Thousands of Doors in The 1960s and 1970s, but, decades later, are US women where they thought they'd be? The answer is a resounding no.
Women now comprise nearly 60 percent of college undergraduates and half of all medical and law students. They have entered the workforce in record numbers, making the two-wage-earner family the norm. However, social structures surrounding work and family have remained static. Affordable, high-quality childcare, paid family leave, and equal pay for equal work remain elusive. The United States has also fallen far behind other countries on the gender-equity front with fewer women elected to Congress.
It's time, says former US Ambassador and Governor Madeleine M. Kunin, to change all that and usher in a new social revolution-one that mobilizes women, and men, to call for the kind of policies that can improve the lives of women and strengthen their families. Book jacket.
Women now comprise nearly 60 percent of college undergraduates and half of all medical and law students. They have entered the workforce in record numbers, making the two-wage-earner family the norm. However, social structures surrounding work and family have remained static. Affordable, high-quality childcare, paid family leave, and equal pay for equal work remain elusive. The United States has also fallen far behind other countries on the gender-equity front with fewer women elected to Congress.
It's time, says former US Ambassador and Governor Madeleine M. Kunin, to change all that and usher in a new social revolution-one that mobilizes women, and men, to call for the kind of policies that can improve the lives of women and strengthen their families. Book jacket.
