The American Woman, 2003-2004 : Daughters of a Revolution: Young Women Today

The American Woman is an established, widely respected series on the status of American women, prepared biannually by the Women's Research and Education Institute (WREI). The purpose of the series is to provide an important, convenient, and timely source of accessible and 'user-friendly' information on American women to the media, students and scholars, advocates for women's equity, and policymakers. Each edition of the series focuses on a particular theme, and the ninth edition will address young women between the ages of 25 and 35. Contributors - all experts in the field of women's issues - will explore the opportunities and challenges confronting the young women who are the daughters of the baby boomer generation. A focus on young women will bring into sharp relief how much has changed in the decades since 1960 and how much remains the same. A statistical portrait will accompany the volume, including user-friendly charts and graphs that provide readers with the hard numbers that underlie the trends shaping women's experiences. Focuses On Young Women Between The Ages Of 25 And 34. Contributors ... Explore The Opportunities And Challenges Confronting The Young Women Who Are Daughters Of The Baby Boom Generation ... [a]lso Contains ... Statistical Portrait Of Women Of All Ages, Including User-friendly Tables And Figures--page 4 Of Cover. Daughters Of A Revolution, Young Women Today. Daughters Of A Revolution : An Introduction / Anne J. Stone -- Two Generations : A Mother And Daughter Talk About Their Lives / Cynthia B. Costello -- Young Women : Where They Stand / Martha Farnsworth Riche -- Young Women, Education, And Employment / Marisa Dinatale, Stephanie Boraas -- Baby Boom To Generation X : Progress In Young Women's Health / Alina Salganicoff, Barbara Wentworth, Liberty Greene -- Integrating Work And Life : Young Women Forge New Solutions / Jessica Degroot, Joyce Fine -- The Economics Of Young Women Today / Lani Luciano -- Taking It From Here : Policies For The Twenty-first Century / Cynthia B. Costello, Vanessa R. Wight -- American Women Today : A Statistical Portrait. Demographics -- Education -- Health -- Employment -- Earnings And Benefits -- Economic Security -- Women In The Military -- Elections And Officials -- Women In Congress. The Congressional Caucus For Women's Issues At 25 : Challenges And Opportunities / Cynthia A. Hall -- The Congressional Caucus For Women's Issues, 107th Congress -- Women In The 107th Congress. Edited By Cynthia B. Costello, Vanessa R. Wight And Anne J. Stone. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [383]-397) And Index. Front Matter....Pages 1-21 Front Matter....Pages 23-23 Daughters of a Revolution: An Introduction....Pages 25-32 Two Generations: A Mother and Daughter Talk about Their Lives....Pages 33-42 Young Women: Where They Stand....Pages 43-67 Young Women, Education, and Employment....Pages 69-92 Baby Boom to Generation X: Progress in Young Women’s Health....Pages 93-126 Integrating Work and Life: Young Women Forge New Solutions....Pages 127-142 The Economics of Young Women Today....Pages 143-163 Taking It from Here: Policies for the Twenty-first Century....Pages 165-179 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 Demographics....Pages 183-208 Education....Pages 209-221 Health....Pages 223-237 Employment....Pages 239-267 Earnings and Benefits....Pages 269-290 Economic Security....Pages 291-308 Women in the Military....Pages 309-323 Elections and Officials....Pages 325-335 Front Matter....Pages 337-337 The Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues at 25: Challenges and Opportunities....Pages 339-348 The Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues—107th Congress....Pages 349-350 Women in the 107th Congress....Pages 351-381 Back Matter....Pages 383-413 The American Woman is an established, widely respected series on the status of American women, prepared biennially by the Women's Research and Education Institute (WREI). The series provides an important, convenient, and timely source of user-friendly information on American women to the media, advocates for women's equity, and policymakers. The ninth edition addresses the status of young women between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-four. Contributors -- all experts in their fields -- explore the opportunities and challenges confronting young women who are the daughters of the baby boom generation, highlighting how much has changed since the 1970s. The volume also contains a comprehensive statistical portrait of women of all ages, including user-friendly tables and figures that demonstrate the trends shaping the experiences of American women. WITH A WRY SMILE, Ms. Nisanci, who handles tax and trade issues for a corporate government affairs office, captured in a sentence the dilemma of millions of her contemporaries-and the reason why WREI wanted America's young women to have center stage in this book, the first in the American Woman series to examine the status of women in a particular age group at a particular time in history.