TY - BOOK AB - In the contentious debate about women and work, conventional wisdom holds that middle-class women can decide if they work, while working-class women need to work. Yet, even after the recent economic crisis, middle-class women are more likely to work than working-class women. Damaske deflates the myth that financial needs dictate if women work, revealing that financial resources make it easier for women to remain at work and not easier to leave it. AU - Damaske, Sarah. CN - HD6095 CN - HD6095 CY - New York : DA - c2011. ID - 454115 KW - Women KW - Social classes KW - Women KW - Women KW - Work and family N2 - In the contentious debate about women and work, conventional wisdom holds that middle-class women can decide if they work, while working-class women need to work. Yet, even after the recent economic crisis, middle-class women are more likely to work than working-class women. Damaske deflates the myth that financial needs dictate if women work, revealing that financial resources make it easier for women to remain at work and not easier to leave it. PB - Oxford University Press, PP - New York : PY - c2011. SN - 9780199791507 (alk. paper) SN - 0199791503 (alk. paper) SN - 9780199791491 (pbk. : alk. paper) SN - 019979149X (pbk. : alk. paper) T1 - For the family? :how class and gender shape women's work / TI - For the family? :how class and gender shape women's work / ER -