Women who opt out :  the debate over working mothers and work-family balance / 
edited by Bernie D. Jones. 
 - New York :  New York University Press,  c2012. 
 - xii, 199 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
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<br/><br/>Preface -- "Opting out" : women's history and feminist legal theory -- Introduction: women, work and motherhood in American history / Bernie D. Jones -- Is "opting out" for real? -- The rhetoric and reality of "opting out" : toward a better understanding of professional women's decisions to head home / Pamela Stone and Lisa Ackerly Hernandez -- The real "opt-out revolution" and a new model of flexible careers / Kerstin Aumann and Ellen Galinsky -- Can all women "opt in" before they "opt out?" -- "Opting in" to full labor force participation in hourly jobs / Susan J. Lambert -- The challenges to and consequences of "opting out" for low-wage, new mothers / Maureen Perry-Jenkins -- The future of family caregiving : the value of work-family strategies that benefit both : care consumers and paid care workers / Peggie R. Smith -- Care work and women's employment : a comparative perspective / JoyaMisra -- Conclusion -- The opt out revolution revisited / Joan C. Williams & Jamie Dolkas -- Bibliography -- About the contributors -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814743126 (cl : alk. paper) 0814743129 (cl : alk. paper) 9780814743133 (pb : alk. paper) 0814743137 (pb : alk. paper) 9780814745052 (ebook) 0814745059 (ebook) 9780814745069 (ebook) 0814745067 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011043492 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Working mothers--United States.<br/>Wages--Working mothers--United States.<br/>Sex discrimination in employment--United States.<br/>Women's rights--United States.<br/>Feminism--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>331.4/40973