Robert Lopresti

When Women Didn't Count

The Chronic Mismeasure and Marginalization of American Women in Federal Statistics

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 730g
• ISBN-13: 9781440843686
• ISBN-10: 1440843686
• Artikelnr.: 47713719

Autorenporträt

Robert Lopresti is a professor at Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. He has been a government information librarian for almost 40 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Chronology Part I Why Care about
Government Statistics? Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Statistical System
of the United States Part II Demographics Chapter 3 Population and Age
Chapter 4 Marriage, Divorce, and Cohabitation Chapter 5 Motherhood Chapter
6 Single Mothers Part III Women at Home Chapter 7 Heads of Household, Heads
of Family Chapter 8 Housewives, Homemakers, and Housekeepers Part IV
Concepts of Employment Chapter 9 "Occupations Suitable for Women" Chapter
10 "Gainful Employment" Chapter 11 Income Chapter 12 Unemployment during
the Great Depression Part V Women at Work Chapter 13 The Bureau of Labor
Statistics and the Women's Bureau Chapter 14 Employment Chapter 15 Women
Factory Workers Chapter 16 "Farm Females" Chapter 17 Women Business Owners,
Women-Owned Businesses Part VI Women and Health Chapter 18 Nonreproductive
Health Issues Chapter 19 Contraception Chapter 20 Abortion Part VII Women
and the Law Chapter 21 Women as Criminals Chapter 22 Prostitution Chapter
23 Women as Crime Victims Chapter 24 Rape Part VIII Women at War Chapter 25
Rosie the Riveter: Civilian Women during the World Wars Chapter 26 Women in
the Military Part IX Conclusion Chapter 27 Conclusion Notes Bibliography
Index