Today there is a growing debate about the effects of paid employment on women. Some observers argue that paid employment is the key to gender equality because it raises women's class consciousness and reduces their isolation within the home and their dependence on a male's wages. Others suggest that paid employment merely increases women's burden a
This book examines the debate about the effects of paid employment on women through studies of women industrial workers in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba. It focuses on following areas of women's lives: wages and working conditions; the family, life cycle, and household composition.
