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Women on the front lines : meeting the challenge of an aging America / Jessie Allen and Alan Pifer, editors ; preface by Gail Sheehy.
| Other author | Allen, Jessie, 1957- |
| Other author | Pifer, Alan J. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : Urban Institute Press ; Lanham, MD : Distributed by National Book Network, ©1993. |
| Description | xv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The front lines / Jessie Allen -- Women in our aging society: The demographic outlook / Cynthia M. Taeuber and Jessie Allen -- Caring too much? American women and the nation's caregiving crisis / Susan E. Foster and Jack A. Brizius -- Years gained and opportunities lost: Women and healthcare in an aging America / Jo-Ann Lamphere-Thorpe and Robert J. Blendon -- Preventive medical care: Targeting elderly women in an aging society / Marianne C. Fahs -- Resiliency amidst inequity: Older women workers in an aging United States / Paula Rayman, Kimberly Allshouse, and Jessie Allen -- Race, poverty, and women's aging / Julianne Malveaux -- Expanding social roles for older women / Ruth Harriet Jacobs -- Caring work and gender equity in an aging society / Jessie Allen -- Meeting the challenge: Implications for policy and practice / Alan Pifer. |
| Local note | Little-286375--305130048251W |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 92034290 |
| ISBN | 0877665745 (cloth : alk. paper) : |
| ISBN | 0877665753 (paper : alk. paper) |