Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Economics of Family Life 7
6. 2. Deficit Living 27
7. 3. Mothers and Children 55
8. 4. The Married Woman Worker 67
9. 5. Working Women in the Great Depression 84
10. 6. Women’s Place in the Home 103
11. Epilogue 118
12. Appendixes. Bibliography. Notes. Index
13. Cost of Living. APPENDIX A 125
14. Consumer Credit and Family Economics. APPENDIX Β 126
15. Deficit Spending. APPENDIX C 128
16. The Census of 1910. APPENDIX D 130
17. Method of Determining Occupational Classification. APPENDIX E 132
18. Bibliography 133
19. Notes 141
20. Index 162