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The
American Woman 1999-2000:
Century of Change - What's Next?
Seventh
Edition
Edited by Cynthia B. Costello, Chari Miles, and Anne J. Stone (1998)
Price: $16.95
 The
American Woman
traces the enormous changes in the condition of and opportunities for
American women in the latter half of the twentieth century and evaluates
the status of women in this country as we look forward to the beginning
of a new century.
"The American
Woman is a landmark achievemenst...a sound basis of current facts
and trends." — Betty Friedan
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Some findings:
- More than one in
every seven infants born to black mothers are low-birthweight ba-bies,
a proportion almost twice that for U.S. babies overall.
- The typical American
woman between the ages of 25 and 35 has more education than her male
contemporary.
- No more than 70
percent of year-round, full-time workers of either sex have health insurance
coverage through their jobs, half the women workers who do have it work
for very large employers.
- At every age, but
especially in adulthood, females are more likely than their male contemporaries
to be poor.
- The number of women
serving in the U.S. armed forces has increased steadily since the advent
of the all volunteer force in 1974, when less than two percent of military
personnel were women. Today, more than one in seven are women.
Chapters include
a comprehensive historical look at the "second wave of feminism;" a
look at the experiences of African American women in the last two decades;
an analysis of the experiences of Hispanic women over the century; an
outline of the judicial and legislative decisions that have shaped women's
lives over the last hundred years; and a discussion of the demographic
trends that will shape the future.
Table
of Contents
Introduction
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by
Cynthia B. Costello |
Women
in This Century: A Personal Perspective
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by
Juanita M. Kreps
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| Women
in the Next Century: A Personal Perspective |
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by Sarah B.
Kreps |
American
Women in a New Millennium |
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by Sara M.
Evans |
African
American Women in the Twenty-first Century: The Continuing Challenge
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by Vicki Crawford |
Hispanic
Women in the United States
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by Margarita
Benitez |
| Women
and the Law: Learning from the Past to Protect the Future |
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by Sonia R.
Jarvis |
| The
American Woman: The Road Ahead |
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by Carol J.
De Vita |
American
Woman Today: A Statistical Portrait |
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1. Demographics |
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2. Education |
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3. Health |
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4. Employment |
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5. Earnings and
Benefits |
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6. Economic Security |
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7. Women in the
Military |
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8. Elections
and Officials |
The
Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues: Twenty Years of Bipartisan
Advocacy for Women
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by Lesley
Primmer |
| Women
in the 105th Congress |
| Congressional
Caucus for Women's Issues |
| References |
| Notes
on the Contributors |
| About
the Women's Research and Education Institute (WREI) |
| Index |
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About the Editors |
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