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The American Woman, 2003-2004

Daughters of a Revolution: Young Women Today

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Editors:
  1. Cynthia B. Costello

    1. Women’s Research and Education Institute, USA

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  2. Vanessa R. Wight

    1. Women’s Research and Education Institute, USA

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  3. Anne J. Stone

    1. Women’s Research and Education Institute, USA

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-21
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  2. Daughters of A Revolution—Young Women Today

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Daughters of a Revolution: An Introduction

      • Anne J. Stone
      Pages 25-32

    3. Two Generations: A Mother and Daughter Talk about Their Lives

      • Cynthia B. Costello
      Pages 33-42

    4. Young Women: Where They Stand

      • Martha Farnsworth Riche
      Pages 43-67

    5. Young Women, Education, and Employment

      • Marisa DiNatale, Stephanie Boraas
      Pages 69-92

    6. Baby Boom to Generation X: Progress in Young Women’s Health

      • Alina Salganicoff, Barbara Wentworth, Liberty Greene
      Pages 93-126

    7. Integrating Work and Life: Young Women Forge New Solutions

      • Jessica DeGroot, Joyce Fine
      Pages 127-142

    8. The Economics of Young Women Today

      • Lani Luciano
      Pages 143-163

    9. Taking It from Here: Policies for the Twenty-first Century

      • Cynthia B. Costello, Vanessa R. Wight
      Pages 165-179

  3. American Women Today: A Statistical Portrait

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
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    2. Demographics

      • Cynthia B. Costello, Vanessa R. Wight, Anne J. Stone
      Pages 183-208

    3. Education

      • Cynthia B. Costello, Vanessa R. Wight, Anne J. Stone
      Pages 209-221

    4. Health

      • Cynthia B. Costello, Vanessa R. Wight, Anne J. Stone
      Pages 223-237

    5. Employment

      • Cynthia B. Costello, Vanessa R. Wight, Anne J. Stone
      Pages 239-267

    6. Earnings and Benefits

      • Cynthia B. Costello, Vanessa R. Wight, Anne J. Stone
      Pages 269-290

    7. Economic Security

      • Cynthia B. Costello, Vanessa R. Wight, Anne J. Stone
      Pages 291-308

    8. Women in the Military

      • Cynthia B. Costello, Vanessa R. Wight, Anne J. Stone
      Pages 309-323

    9. Elections and Officials

      • Cynthia B. Costello, Vanessa R. Wight, Anne J. Stone
      Pages 325-335

  4. Women in Congress

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 337-337
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About this book

The American Woman is an established, widely respected series on the status of American women, prepared biannually by the Women's Research and Education Institute (WREI). The purpose of the series is to provide an important, convenient, and timely source of accessible and 'user-friendly' information on American women to the media, students and scholars, advocates for women's equity, and policymakers. Each edition of the series focuses on a particular theme, and the ninth edition will address young women between the ages of 25 and 35. Contributors - all experts in the field of women's issues - will explore the opportunities and challenges confronting the young women who are the daughters of the baby boomer generation. A focus on young women will bring into sharp relief how much has changed in the decades since 1960 and how much remains the same. A statistical portrait will accompany the volume, including user-friendly charts and graphs that provide readers with the hard numbers that underlie the trends shaping women's experiences.

Reviews

'The content, the organization, and the graphics are all clear and precise...' - Library Journal

'...a user-friendly resource recommended for all libraries.' - R.L. Chamberlin, Library Journal

'...the best consistent ready reference resource I know of for basic statistics on U.S. women.' - Phyllis Holman Weisbard, Feminist Collections

'...presents important, useful data and special statistical analyses that illuminate demographics and key trends...Essential (the entire series).' - J. Ariel, Choice

'...the book provides the reader with comprehensive and well-presented information about the lives of this cohort of young women, and anyone interested in learning about defined aspects of these lives would be well advised to consult this work. - Youth and Policy

Editors and Affiliations

  • Women’s Research and Education Institute, USA

    Cynthia B. Costello, Vanessa R. Wight, Anne J. Stone

About the editors

CYNTHIA B. COSTELLO is an independent consultant and former research director for the Women's Research and Education Institute (WREI), where she has served as senior editor for the last five editions of The American Woman (including the current edition). She is the author of We're Worth It! Women and Collective Action in the Insurance Workplace and a number of policy reports on the topics of employment, health care, income security, and women's issues. She holds a B.A. from the University of California at Santa Cruz and both an M.S. and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin.

VANESSA R. WIGHT is research associate at the WREI. She has worked on the previous edition of The American Woman and is coeditor of this edition in the series. In addition, she contributes to WREI's Women in the Military and Hire a Vet projects and has co-authored the third edition of Women in the Military: Where They Stand. Ms. Wight holds a bachelor's degree in anthropology and religious studies from the University of Rochester and a master's degree in anthropology from the George Washington University. Ms. Wight lives in Kensington, M.D. with her husband Nicholas Curabba.

ANNE J. STONE is senior research associate at WREI, where she has authored or co-authored policy analyses on various subjects, including women's employment, women in the military, and the economic situation of older women. She has worked on all eight previous editions of The American Woman, and co-edited the 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th, as well as this 9th edition. Ms. Stone lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband Herbert Stone. They have two daughters and two granddaughters.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The American Woman, 2003-2004

  • Book Subtitle: Daughters of a Revolution: Young Women Today

  • Editors: Cynthia B. Costello, Vanessa R. Wight, Anne J. Stone

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-11600-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-29551-6Published: 07 March 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-312-29549-3Published: 07 March 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-11600-0Published: 30 April 2016

  • Edition Number: 9

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 399

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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