Now Hiring: The Feminization of Work in the United States, 1900-1995

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“…For women who have never been married, widowed, separated from their spouses, or divorced, this romanticization of the homemaker's role has been particularly difficult. After World War II, the closing of daycare centers denoted a general acceptance that women belong in the home ( Blackwelder, 1998 ; Whittaker and Blackwelder, 1999 ).…”

“…However, since this period, women have been joining the workforce in increasing numbers, signaling a society-wide willingness to renegotiate the unwritten parameters of marital contracts from the industrial era that limit wives to caring for the family and the home. Women are expressing their preferences for lifestyles through their behaviors, whether the shift is to a rural acreage with home production activities or from a suburban home to a career in a city ( Blackwelder, 1998 ; Carson et al., 2001 ; Welter et al., 1982 ; Whittaker and Blackwelder, 1999 ).…”