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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 working outside the home? They will probably become criminals all because you put your selfish need to work above your kids. Lucky for you, this author is here to straighten you out.

I just want to laugh/snap at the author for thinking that all women have a choice in working. The author suggests that women with income challenges should take in sewing or sell baked goods. Of course this begs the question, if they are working at home, are they still giving their children the most of their time? Equally infuriating is implying that fathers just can’t do parenting as well as a mother.

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 Not only is it way out of date, but it’s way too young and embarrassing.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

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

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

Bringing home the bacon

May 13, 2015 Mary Kelly You Ate What? 8 comments

The Working Wives’ Cookbook Zavin and Stuart 1963 This was published before there were a lot of choices in convenience foods and people didn’t really eat out as much as they do now. These ladies did it by making everything

How to Have a Child and Keep Your Job cover

Working Parents

March 18, 2015 Holly Making a Living, Parent/Teacher Collection 7 comments

Submitter: I found the following advise book in my local public library, giving out parenting and career advise from 1979. Probably a great choice for 1979 since many women were going back, or staying in the workforce. 2015? I don’t think so.

Holly: The statistics cited in the introduction date this book right from the start. I like the page on role-sharing and household responsibilities [p.62, below], and I’m sure there some other nuggets of good information here. The rest, like the list of examples of quality television for children, are just outdated. Not a bad book, just not current enough to warrant keeping. Weed and update!

But who will do the cooking and cleaning?

November 26, 2014 Holly Home and Garden, Making a Living 13 comments

The Two Career Couple
Hall
1979

Submitter: The opening prologue to this books states “Used-car dealers are shady. Librarians are quiet and a bit boring.” Thanks for the compliment and associating us with lemon dealers. This book would have been a great choice for a library when it was first published. That was 1979. 35 years later, it’s time to find something a little more up to date.

Holly: It kills me that they were worried about how they’ll keep the house clean and the potential for affairs as women started to work. It also kills me that some women feel a need to justify NOT working these days. What a change in attitudes!

Keeping Hubby Happy

October 2, 2014 Mary Kelly Feelings and Self Help, Making a Living 10 comments

How to go to work when your husband is against it,
Your children aren’t old enough,
And there’s nothing you can do anyhow
Schwartz, Schifter, and Gillotti
1972

Holly and I went on a field trip a while ago. We visited a couple of small/medium libraries in southeastern Michigan/northern Ohio. We go and look for cool ideas and some possible candidates for ALB. (We also shelf read and front the books because we just can’t let it go.) Well, I found this book and started swearing. Yes, this book is currently in active circulation at a small public library. In 2014. Kill me now.