Working Women in America: Split Dreams

by Sharlene Hesse-Biber and Gregg Lee Carter

Book Overview

The second edition of Working Women in America: Split Dreams highlights current research on critical issues affecting American women in today's global workplace. It features updated information and examples, including extended discussions of women's activism within and outside of the workplace, the impact of globalization, the effects of the glass ceiling and sexual harassment, and women's roles in the U.S. labor movement. Retaining the focus of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195150473
• ISBN13: 9780195150476
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Women and Work

The book focuses on the problems that face women everyday in the workplace. Whether one is actually referring to the labor force as the workplace, or the home as the workplace is a huge part of this book. Our society accepts that women should automatically take on the responsibilities of child care and housekeeping in addition to a regular job (if they wish to even have a job on top of all these tasks). It's not easy for women, and Hesse-Biber uses several examples and hard data to back up this book.Not only is the "average, white American supermom" discusses, but also the differences in race, class, and other factors that can influence women's place in the "working world." The book is very useful and Hesse-Biber always takes a strong feminist perspective. One fault would probably be that she doesn't show both sides as best she could, but overall, the book is an enjoyable one.