Women Between Two Worlds: Midlife Reflections on Work and Family

by Myra Dinnerstein

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877228841
• ISBN13: 9780877228844
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 223 Pages