Discouraging Times: The Labor Force Participation of Married Black Women, 1930-1940

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 123-146

  Sundstrom, William A ^a  

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EID: 0347770694     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.2000.0744     Document Type: Article

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