The Cost of Being Female (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780275955366)

The Cost of Being Female is 30 cents, say the authors of this new book on discrimination against women. They demonstrate their thesis by constructing an index that documents the costs of discrimination against women in five aspects of life: economic, political, social, education, and health. The index compares the costs for American women with those of women in Sweden, Norway, France and China, and measures the costs for three time periods: 1990s, 1950s, and the 19th century. The authors interviewed over 70 women, providing a human approach to the statistics of earnings, occupations, political participation, marriage, divorce, childrearing, education, and women's health. The women's narratives are living testimony to the experiences of the costs of being female.

Author: Sue Headlee
ISBN-10: 0275955362
ISBN-13: 9780275955366
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 11/25/1996
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.54h x 6.44w x 0.95d