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The sanctuary movement in the United States began in the 1980s in response to growing numbers of Central American refugees seeking political asylum. While the media portray male …
An exploration of women's place in the U.S. political economy
When she began work on this collection, Barbara Ellen Smith was asked, 'Why work on a book about women in the South? Nobody writes books about women in the Midwest'. In an era of …
Revealing stories about the ways in which social programs help and harm women struggling to change their lives
In American culture, the image of balancing work and family life is often represented in the glossy shot of the executive-track woman balancing cell-phone, laptop, and baby. In …
This engaging collection of essays attempts to do justice to the complexity of contemporary families and to situate them in their economic, political, and cultural contexts. The …
Women of color articulate shared experiences of subordination and survival
An in-depth study traces the experiences of 22 middle-class women and their evolution from traditional wives and mothers to career women