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When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present, by Gail Collins. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2009. 480 pp. ISBN-13 978-0-316-05954-1 (hbk.). US$27.99.

When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present, by Gail... Feminist Economics 17(3), July 2011, 197–221 BOOK REVIEWS When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present, by Gail Collins. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2009. 480 pp. ISBN-13 978-0-316-05954-1 (hbk.). US$27.99. Everything changed? Well, not quite everything, but a lot. The proportion of women over 16 participating in the paid work force in the United States has increased in the 50 years since 1960 from 38 to 60 percent, while men’s participation has declined in that period from 83 to 72 percent. The gap between women’s and men’s average wage has been cut in half. Thanks to a 1972 Title IX prohibition against sex discrimination by schools receiving federal funds, women have been admitted to medical, dental, law, pharmacy, veterinary, business, and other graduate schools in large numbers. Now that they are half the young professional workforce, employers have been forced to hire them. The proportion of adult women who are married has steadily diminished, and the proportion of births to unmarried women has steadily increased, as has the frequency of cohabitation. The status of women – the respect in which they are held – has been considerably raised. Women occupy far http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Feminist Economics Taylor & Francis

When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present, by Gail Collins. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2009. 480 pp. ISBN-13 978-0-316-05954-1 (hbk.). US$27.99.

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Feminist Economics , Volume 17 (3): 3 – Jul 1, 2011
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Feminist Economics 17(3), July 2011, 197–221 BOOK REVIEWS When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present, by Gail Collins. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2009. 480 pp. ISBN-13 978-0-316-05954-1 (hbk.). US$27.99. Everything changed? Well, not quite everything, but a lot. The proportion of women over 16 participating in the paid work force in the United States has increased in the 50 years since 1960 from 38 to 60 percent, while men’s participation has declined in that period from 83 to 72 percent. The gap between women’s and men’s average wage has been cut in half. Thanks to a 1972 Title IX prohibition against sex discrimination by schools receiving federal funds, women have been admitted to medical, dental, law, pharmacy, veterinary, business, and other graduate schools in large numbers. Now that they are half the young professional workforce, employers have been forced to hire them. The proportion of adult women who are married has steadily diminished, and the proportion of births to unmarried women has steadily increased, as has the frequency of cohabitation. The status of women – the respect in which they are held – has been considerably raised. Women occupy far

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