Author: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Labor and IndustryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Special Bulletin
Author: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Labor and IndustryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Hearings
Author: United States. Congress SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2294
Book Description
Labor Information Bulletin
Author: When Women Didn't Count
Author: Robert LoprestiPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440843694
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Erroneous government-generated "data" is more problematic than it would appear. This book demonstrates how women's history has consistently been hidden and distorted by 200 years of official government statistics. Much of women's history has been hidden and filtered through unrealistic expectations and assumptions. Because U.S. government data about women's lives and occupations has been significantly inaccurate, these misrepresentations in statistical information have shaped the reality of women's lives. They also affect men and society as a whole: these numbers influence our investments, our property values, our representation in Congress, and even how we see our place in society. This book documents how U.S. federal government statistics have served to reveal and conceal facts about women in the United States. It reaches back to the late 1800s, when the U.S. Census Bureau first listed women's occupations, and forward to the present, when the U.S. government relies on nonprofit groups for statistics on abortion. Objective and accurate, When Women Didn't Count isn't focused on numbers and census results as much as on recognizing problems in data, exposing the hidden facets of government data, and using critical thinking when considering all seemingly authoritative sources. Readers will contemplate how the government decided that a "farmer's wife" could be a farmer, how the ongoing battle over abortion has been reflected in the numbers the government is allowed to keep and publish, the consequences of the Census Bureau "correcting" reports of women in unusual occupations in 1920, and why the official count of women-owned businesses dropped 20 percent in 1997.
Women's Occupations Through Seven Decades
Author: Janet Montgomery HooksPublisher:
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Category : Occupations
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Labor Fact-finding Boards Act
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and LaborPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arbitration, Industrial
Languages : en
Pages : 1224
Book Description
Negro Women War Workers
Author: Kathryn BloodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American women
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
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