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Product Description: Although born to a life of privilege and married to the President of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt was a staunch and lifelong advocate for workers and, for more than twenty-five years, a proud member of the AFL-CIO's Newspaper Guild...read more
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9780801478017 | Reprint edition (Cornell Univ Pr, February 1, 2012), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Although born to a life of privilege and married to the President of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt was a staunch and lifelong advocate for workers and, for more than twenty-five years, a proud member of the AFL-CIO's Newspaper Guild.

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A veteran of the women's movement and the author of The Feminine Mystique calls for moving the feminist debate from sexual politics to issues of work, family, and community, where the lives of ordinary people are decided. UP. (view table of contents)
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9780943875842 | Woodrow Wilson Center Pr, October 10, 1997, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Argues for a move away from single-issue activism to an economic restructuring to benefit all groups

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Product Description: Rocking the Boat recognizes the strong, committed women who helped to build the American labor movement. Through the stories of eleven women from a wide range of backgrounds, we experience the turmoil, hardships, and accomplishments of thousands of other union women activists through the period spanning the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, the McCarthy era, the civil rights movement, and the women's movement...read more
By Joyce L. Kornbluh (editor) and Brigid O'Farrell (editor)
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9780813522685 | Rutgers Univ Pr, May 1, 1996, cover price $59.00 | About this edition: Rocking the Boat recognizes the strong, committed women who helped to build the American labor movement.

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9780813522692 | Rutgers Univ Pr, May 1, 1996, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Rocking the Boat recognizes the strong, committed women who helped to build the American labor movement.

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Product Description: The United States has seen a dramatic increase in the number of dual-earner and single-adult families. This volume reviews accompanying changes in work and family structures and their effects on worker productivity and employer practices...read more
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9780309042772 | Natl Academy Pr, August 1, 1991, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The United States has seen a dramatic increase in the number of dual-earner and single-adult families.

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Product Description: Are women paid less than men when they hold comparable jobs? Is there gender bias in the way wages are set? Or can wage differences between men and women be explained by legitimate market forces? "Pay Equity: Empirical Inquiries" answers these questions in 10 original research papers...read more
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9780309039819 | Natl Academy Pr, March 1, 1989, cover price $37.95

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9780309039789 | Natl Academy Pr, May 1, 1989, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Are women paid less than men when they hold comparable jobs?

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