Women in the twentieth century

the long version

The author discusses women and the labor market, the home economy, consumption, and leisure. In part 1 (devoted to "Women's Use of Spare Time"), the chapter on "The Post-War Development, 1918-1932" (pp. 42-91) concerns women's clubs, the YWCA, the American Home Economics Association, African American women's groups, the National Consumers League, and the National Woman's Trade Union League of America. Chapters in part 2 (devoted to "Women and Gainful Employment," pp. 99-242), cover "Women's Sources of Income," "Women in Selected Manufacturing Occupations," "Women and the World of Business," and "Women and Unemployment." '