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The American Woman 1988-89:
A Status Report

 

Second Edition
Edited by Sara E. Rix (1987)

For updated statistics, visit The American Woman on the Web.

 

Table of Contents

Introduction
  by the Honorable Barbara B. Kennelly and the Honorable Claudine Schneider
1987 in Review
  by Anne J. Stone
A Richer Life: A Reflection on the Women's Movement
  by Cynthia Harrison
The Political Woman
  by Ruth B. Mandel
Women's Paid Work, Household Income, and Household Well-being
  by Rebecca M. Blank
Women and Health Care
  by Karen Davis
Women in Brief
  The Critical Moment: The Educational Status of Black Women
by Margaret B. Wilkerson
  High School and Beyond: The Young Hispanic Woman by Rafael Valdivieso
Women in Music by Judith Tick
  Women in Nursing by Donna F. Ver Steeg
  Women in the Clergy by Barbara Brown Zikmund
  Farm Women by Wava Gillespie Haney
  Women in Road Construction by Wendy Johnson
  Women in Law Enforcement by Kate McGuinness and Trish Donahue
  Occupational Resegregation by Barbara Reskin
  Women and Pension Coverage by Margaret W. Newton
  Women and Marriage: Choice or Chance? By Mary Barberis
  Women and AIDS by Cynthia Diehm and Margo Ross
  Women in Prison by Jane Roberts Chapman
The Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues in the 100th Congress
Appendices
  American Women Today: A Statistical Portrait
  Chapter Notes
  References
  Notes on the Contributors
  About the Women's Research & Education Institute
Index