When Women Didn't Count: The Chronic Mismeasure and Marginalization of American Women in Federal Statistics

by Robert Lopresti

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.

Much of women's history has been hidden and filtered through unrealistic expectations and assumptions. Because U.S. government data about women's lives and occupations has been significantly inaccurate, these misrepresentations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440843686
• ISBN13: 9781440843686
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.4"