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When women didn't count : the chronic mismeasure and marginalization of American women in federal statistics
Title:
When women didn't count : the chronic mismeasure and marginalization of American women in federal statistics
Author:
Lopresti, Robert, author.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2017]
Physical Description:
xvii, 352 pages ; 25 cm
Summary:
Erroneous government-generated "data" is more problematic than it would appear. This book demonstrates how women's history has consistently been hidden and distorted by 200 years of official government statistics.
Language:
English
Contents:
Why care about government statistics?. Introduction ; Statistical system of the United States -- Demographics. Population and age ; Marriage, divorce, and cohabitation ; Motherhood ; Single mothers -- Women at home. Heads of household, heads of family ; Housewives, homemakers, and housekeepers -- Concepts of employment. "Occupations suitable for women" ; "Gainful Employment" ; Income ; Unemployment during the Great Depression -- Women at work. The Bureau of Labor statistics and the Women's Bureau ; Employment ; Women factory workers ; "Farm females" ; Women business owners, women-owned businesses -- Women and health. Nonreproductive health issues ; Contraception ; Abortion -- Women and the law. Women as criminals ; Prostitution ; Women as crime victims ; Rape -- Women at war. Rose the Riveter: civilian women during the World Wars ; Women in the military -- Conclusion.
ISBN:
9781440843686
Format :
Book