From marriage to the market the transformation of women's lives and work - Thistle, Susan (Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006)
A world turned inside out -- Support for women's domestic economy in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- The breakdown of women's domestic economy after World War II -- Economic difficulties and a contradictory alliance -- The formation of a female underclass -- The "new economy" and the transformation of women's work -- How and why mothers have been shortchanged -- New possibilities and old inequalities.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-286) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Women -- Employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Women -- United States -- Economic conditions; Women -- United States -- Social conditions; Work and family -- United States; Electronic books