Work Matters: Women Talk About Their Jobs and Their Lives
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (814 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0670842036 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Tour.. In a timely study of women in the workplace, seventy-five women recount their own stories of their careers, the balancing act between family and work, their struggle with success and failure, and their search from their own place in a male-dominated institution. 25,000 first printing. $20,000 ad/promo
Cecilia Palma said A very good book. When I first started reading the book, I thought the book was somewhat boring, but as I got further into the book, I got hooked on it. It made open my eyes and realize that all of us, women, have independence now. Back in the 1960's everything was different and everyone had the same perspective of what a woman should or shouldn't be. Even women back then thought that their purpose in life what to be housewives and take care of their children. N. sara said women's interests. I think that this book should be assigned as a must read book for the economics class. Its so interesting how Sara Ann Friedman expresses herself and how well she acknowledges other women that have been successful in our society today. She shows us, women how strong and loyal we must be till one day we won't have discrimination against us. It also puts us in a situation that you want to do your best to identify yourself as the best women you ca. "womens interest" according to sara. I think that this book should be assigned to every economics class, its a very interesting book about how women got their position in this society. It also acknowledges how women struggle to be were their at right about now. And she espresses herself so well by characterising other females and how they have achieved in your environment. I, as a reader got an interesting much powerful vibe from this book, it showed me how a womens roel in this s
Friedman has captured societal change in progress. Despite the gains of the women's movement, the majority of married and single women quoted here still arrange child care and maintain the home, although some have supportive partners and employers. Although the number of wage-earning women has grown to more than 50% of the work force and females are obtaining jobs once held exclusively by males, they still face entrenched discrimination in the workplace that affects their salaries and promotions, according to Friedman. .