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Working mothers

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us: Working mothers


  • Here are entered works on the social conditions of mothers apart from their workplace and on how work affects the quality of life of mothers. Works on working mothers of specific ethnic groups are assigned an additional subject heading of the type [Afro-American women--Employment; Women, Black--Employment;] etc. Works on the conditions of employment of mothers are entered under [Mothers--Employment.]

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  • Variants

    • us: Employed mothers
    • us: Mothers, Employed
    • us: Mothers, Working

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  • Sources

    • found: Work cat.: Berg, B.J. The crisis of the working mother, 1986.
    • found: LIV (Working mothers, UF Mothers' employment)
    • found: National Newspapers Index (Working mother (Periodical); Working mother (Television program); Working mothers, see Mothers--Employment; Working mother's dilemma (Video game))
    • found: Hennepin.
    • found: Hewlett, S.A. "Working mothers : Effects on children," New York Times, 7/27/83: p. 15.
    • found: LC data base, 12/11/85 (Working mothers; employed mothers; also two serial titles, McCall's working mother and Working mother (New York, N.Y. : 1981); and LCSH heading Children of working mothers)
    • found: ERIC index (Working parents, use Employed parents; working women, use Employed women)
    • found: Words bus. (Working mothers, see Working parents)
    • found: BPI (Working mothers, see Mothers--Employment)
    • notfound: ILO;World Bank thes.

  • LC Classification

    • HQ759.48

  • General Notes

    • Here are entered works on the social conditions of mothers apart from their workplace and on how work affects the quality of life of mothers. Works on working mothers of specific ethnic groups are assigned an additional subject heading of the type [Afro-American women--Employment; Women, Black--Employment;] etc. Works on the conditions of employment of mothers are entered under [Mothers--Employment.]

  • Example Notes

    • Note under [Mothers--Employment]

  • Change Notes

    • 1986-07-08: new
    • 1994-11-29: revised

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