عنوان

When women didn't count :

شابک

1440843686

شابک

9781440843686

عنوان اصلي

When women didn't count :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the chronic mismeasure and marginalization of American women in federal statistics /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Robert Lopresti.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Santa Barbara, California :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Praeger,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

[2017]

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xvii, 352 pages ;

ابعاد

25 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-340) and index.

متن يادداشت

Erroneous government-generated "data" is more problematic than it would appear. This book demonstrates how women's history has consistently been hidden and distorted by 200 years of official government statistics.

متن يادداشت

Much of women's history has been hidden and filtered through unrealistic expectations and assumptions. Because U.S. government data about women's lives and occupations has been significantly inaccurate, these misrepresentations in statistical information have shaped the reality of women's lives. They also affect men and society as a whole: these numbers influence our investments, our property values, our representation in Congress, and even how we see our place in society. This book documents how U.S. federal government statistics have served to reveal and conceal facts about women in the United States. It reaches back to the late 1800s, when the U.S. Census Bureau first listed women's occupations, and forward to the present, when the U.S. government relies on nonprofit groups for statistics on abortion. Objective and accurate, When Women Didn't Count isn't focused on numbers and census results as much as on recognizing problems in data, exposing the hidden facets of government data, and using critical thinking when considering all seemingly authoritative sources. Readers will contemplate how the government decided that a "farmer's wife" could be a farmer, how the ongoing battle over abortion has been reflected in the numbers the government is allowed to keep and publish, the consequences of the Census Bureau "correcting" reports of women in unusual occupations in 1920, and why the official count of women-owned businesses dropped 20 percent in 1997. -- from dust jacket.

عنوان

When women didn't count.

شماره استاندارد بين المللي کتاب و موسيقي

9781440843693

موضوع مستند نشده

Government questionnaires-- United States-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Sex discrimination-- United States-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Women-- United States-- Statistics-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Government questionnaires.

موضوع مستند نشده

Sex discrimination.

موضوع مستند نشده

Statistical services.

موضوع مستند نشده

Statistics.

موضوع مستند نشده

Women-- Statistics.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States, Statistical services, History.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States, Statistics, History.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States.

بدون عنوان

0

بدون عنوان

0

بدون عنوان

7

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Lopresti, Robert

تاريخ عمليات

20200822183436.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y