TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lopresti,Robert
TI  - When women didn't count: the chronic mismeasure and marginalization of American women in federal statistics 
SN  - 9781440843686 (alk. paper)
AV  - HA214 .L67 2017
U1  - 305.402/1 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Santa Barbara, California
PB  - Praeger
KW  - Women
KW  - United States
KW  - Statistics
KW  - History
KW  - Government questionnaires
KW  - Sex discrimination
KW  - Statistical services
N1  - 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
ER  -