Urban Survival: The World of Working-Class Women

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Although conditions have vastly improved since the days of sweatshops, the working woman is still likely to be underpaid, overworked, and without adequate resources. In Urban Survival eight working-class women of different ages and races speak with pride and independence about their daily reality, their hopes and fears. Ruth Sidel shows that the working woman worries about obtaining needed childcare, healthcare, and social services; about being the last hired and first fired; about welfare, drugs, and violence. ...
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Overview

Although conditions have vastly improved since the days of sweatshops, the working woman is still likely to be underpaid, overworked, and without adequate resources. In Urban Survival eight working-class women of different ages and races speak with pride and independence about their daily reality, their hopes and fears. Ruth Sidel shows that the working woman worries about obtaining needed childcare, healthcare, and social services; about being the last hired and first fired; about welfare, drugs, and violence. The oral histories in Urban Survival reveal a vivid picture of the struggle for survival in today's cities.
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New York Times Book Review

“The women speak frankly and honestly. . . . Mrs. Sidel feels that . . . writing about working-class women is flawed by the upper-middle-class biases of the investigators. It is hard to spot any bias in these direct exposures of attitudes and convictions.”—Doris Grumbach, New York Times Book Review

— Doris Grumbach

New York Times Book Review - Doris Grumbach
“The women speak frankly and honestly. . . . Mrs. Sidel feels that . . . writing about working-class women is flawed by the upper-middle-class biases of the investigators. It is hard to spot any bias in these direct exposures of attitudes and convictions.”—Doris Grumbach, New York Times Book Review
Joyce A. Ladner
“Sidel’s in-depth portraits convey an empathy with these women and a total understanding of their situation that made me feel like I was inside their private world. Urban Survival is a very important book.”—Joyce A. Ladner, author of Tomorrow’s Tomorrow: The Black Woman
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780807037973
  • Publisher: Beacon
  • Publication date: 5/28/1979

Meet the Author

Ruth Sidel is the author of Battling Bias: The Struggle for Identity and Community on College Campuses; Women and Children Last: The Plight of Poor Women in Affluent America; and On Her Own: Growing Up in the Shadow of the American Dream. She is a professor of sociology at Hunter College, CUNY.
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Table of Contents

Introduction to the Bison Books Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction 1
1 Gwen Johnson 9
2 Christina Ramos 27
3 Diane DiMarco 47
4 Elinor Thomas 71
5 Maria Perez 93
6 Frances Meyers 107
7 Rose O'Rourke 125
8 Marion DeLuca 136
Reflections 155
Notes 175
Bibliography 179
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