I. Work and families in historical perspective: the making of separate spheres. Women's inequality and the family / D.E. Smith. The dynamics of kin in an industrial community / T.K. Hareven. Black women, work, and the family under slavery / J. Jones. The historical problem of the family wage: the Ford motor company and the five dollar day / M. May. Gender, race, and class: the impact of the state on the family and the economy, 1790-1945 / E. Boris and P. Bardaglio.

II. Work in and from the contemporary home. Unpaid family work in the home. Women's work, housework, and history: the historical roots of inequality in work-force participation / R.S. Cowan. Doing housework: feeding and family life / M.L. DeVault. Male resistance to role symmetry in dual-earner households: three alternative explanations / J.G. Hunt and L.L. Hunt. Children's work in the family: its significance and meaning / L.K. White and D.B. Brinkerhoff

CONTINUED. Unpaid family work outside the home. The hidden work of constructing class and community: Women volunteer leaders in social philanthropy / A.K. Daniels. Servants to capital: unpaid domestic labor and paid work / N.Y. Glazer.

III. Employment and family life. How women choose between employment and family: a developmental perspective / K. Gerson. Family and job for working-class women: gender and class systems seen from below / M.M. Ferree. Female-headed families: poor women and choice / M. Morrissey. Men's employment and family life. Marriaage and family life of blue-collor men / D. Halle. Work and family in the new middle class / R. Zussman. The myth of merit and male professional careers: the roles of wives / M.R. Fowkes.

CONTINUED. Children: the effect of their own and their parents' employment. The effects on children of maternal and paternal employment / L.Hoffman. Children's employment and families / E. Greenberger. Employment and changing family forms. Three careers: his, hers, and theirs / R. Hertz. Commuter marriage: a microcosm of career and family conflict / N. Gerstel and H. Gross. Sexuality, class, and conflict in a lesbian workplace / K. M. Weston and L.B. Rofel.

IV. State policy and employers' policy. Adjusting work and family life: flexible work schedules and family policy / S.M. Rothman and E.M. Marks. Women, families, and home-based employment / K.E. Christensen. The pauperization of motherhood: patriarchy and public policy in the United States / N. Folbre. Women and the state: ideaology, power, and the welfare state / F.F. Piven. The debate over equality for women in the workplace: recognizing differences / A. Kessler-Harris.