Women and children last
the plight of poor women in affluent America
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Author
Publication
1992 - Penguin Books, New York, N.Y., U.S.A, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
62,500 words, Guess
Page Count
250 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1542273M
- ISBN-100140167668
- OCLC Control Number23940810
- Library of Congress Control Number91021102
- Goodreads1070289
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- LibraryThing51123
Classifications
- DDC362.83/0973
- LCCHV1445 .S49 1992
- LCCHV1445.S49 1992
Description
Comparing the affluent U.S. of today to the Titanic (which, as a luxury liner, nevertheless lacked lifeboats for steerage women and children), Sidel contends in this realistic appraisal that despite the women's movement, social and economic trends of the last 20 years, especially the divorce rate and mechanization of industry, have reduced to bare survival hundreds of thousands of already impoverished women and children. Many are older women, battered wives or female heads of families, asserts Sidel (who interviewed several of them), and they are often victims of sex and racial discrimination in the workplace or of government cutbacks in human services. Following Sweden's example, the U.S., she argues, should develop policies to strengthen family life through universal entitlements; should pay women better wages, provide family planning, maternity leaves and prenatal care, along with day and after-school care.
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