
The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued
Ann Crittenden
The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued
Ann Crittenden
#3413 of 3,809 books · #102 in Business & Economics
Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest (2001).
A former New York Times reporter tackles the difficult issue of gender economic equality, confronting the financial penalties levied on motherhood.
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- ISBN-13
- 9780805066197
- Genre
- Topics
- Motherhood and economicsGender economic equalityUnpaid labor
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestShortlisted(2001)
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