When women didn't count : the chronic mismeasure and marginalization of American women in federal statistics / Robert Lopresti.
Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2017]Description: xvii, 352 pages ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781440843686 (alk. paper)
- 305.402/1 23
- HA214 .L67 2017
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. Rosie the Riveter: civilian women during the World Wars ; Women in the military -- Conclusion.