Not Guilty! Tpb

Can women have rewarding careers and still be good mothers? The editor of "Working Mother" magazine answers with a resounding "yes" in the book "The Boston Globe" called "a fresh breeze in a smog of myth and misinformation."

List of contents

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1 Supermom's Daughters:

The Birth of a New Pessimism

2 Homeward Bound?

The Feminine Mystique Circa the 1990s

3 Marketing the Mystique:

For Profit and Ideology

4 What About Your Kids?

Stigmatizing Ambition

5 Mothers Not Welcome Here:

How the Myths Fuel Discrimination

6 You Had the Baby, It's Your Problem!

Justifying the Inflexible Workplace

7 Will Only Mommy Do?

The Power of Scientific Myths

8 In the Care of Strangers:

Day Care's Enduring Stigma

9 The New Math: Does It Pay to Work?

The Myth of "Choice" About Working

10 Women's Puny Paychecks:

How They Got So Small

11 It Does Take a Village to Raise a Child:

The Myth of Personal Responsibility

12 Whose Family Values?

The Politics That Devalue Working Mothers

13 Yes, Families Are Changing --

For the Better

14 Not Guilty!

From Angst to Anger

Endnotes

Index

About the author

Betty Holcomb, a distinguished journalist, has appeared on CNN and CNBC-TV and has been interviewed by newspapers including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times. She has written for Working Mother, Parenting, Parents, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, and Glamour.

Product details

• Authors: HOLCOMB, Betty Holcomb
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780684867250
• ISBN: 978-0-684-86725-0
• No. of pages: 388
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Careers / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood, Advice on parenting, Parenting: advice and issues