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How to be a successful housewife/writer

A Real Woman

July 30, 2018 Holly Home and Garden, Ladies only!, Making a Living 3 comments

How to be a Successful Housewife/Writer Fantle Shimberg 1979 Submitter: Why is it awful? 1. The gendering of housework. 2. Questioning whether women would really want to write. 3. Keeping your hubby happy?!? Why the hell can’t he handle his

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Be Bossy

June 28, 2018 Mary Kelly Ladies only!, Making a Living 5 comments

Boss Lady Foxworth 1978 Ladies, this is your guide to climbing the ladder in business. It is mostly about projecting the right image and navigating overly personal or invasive questions from co-workers. There is also a lot about how to

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Advice for (Privileged) Mothers

April 25, 2018 Mary Kelly Ladies only!, Making a Living, Parent/Teacher Collection 5 comments

You Can’t Do It All Ideas that work for mothers who work Lew 1986 Books like this make me mad. They particularly made me mad in the late 1980s and early 90s when I was in child hell. I would

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Sex Harassment on the Job

January 17, 2018 Mary Kelly Ladies only!, Making a Living, Working 9-5 2 comments

Sexual Harassment on the Job Petrocelli and Repa 1992 For the early 1990s this was a pretty good guide to understanding the legal remedies to sexual harassment. Spoiler alert! There aren’t that many. The authors frequently acknowledge that most women

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Bad Mommy

July 31, 2017 Mary Kelly Department of God, Parent/Teacher Collection 20 comments

Mommy, Where are You? What could be more important than investing in the lives of your children Mills 1992 Working moms, this book is for you. Did you know you are doing your children a disservice by being selfish and

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Butcher, Baker, Cabinetmaker

July 2, 2015 Holly Making a Living 14 comments

Butcher Baker, Cabinetmaker: Photogrpahs of Women at Work Saul and Heyman 1978 Submitter: See all the jobs a woman can have. Not only is it way out of date, but it’s way too young and embarrassing. Holly: The text does seem to

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Having it All

June 9, 2015 Mary Kelly Ladies only!, Making a Living 6 comments

Making It Work Finding the Time and Energy for Your Career, Marriage, Children and Self Houston 1990 This is one of those books that profess to fix your life and tell you how to have everything, also known as that

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Ladies! Make your own sweatshop

May 21, 2015 Holly Making a Living 5 comments

Creative Careers for Women: A Handbook of Sources and Ideas for Part-Time Jobs Scobey and McGrath 1968 Submitter: Creative careers for women has a nice chapter for those industrious women at home. Put your kids to work! Moms, if you love parenting

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