Child care as women's work: Workers' experiences of powerfulness and powerlessness

Gender and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 629-649

  Rutman, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0030305897     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124396010005008     Document Type: Article

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