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A 7 page review of the book by Randy Albeda and Chris Tilly. is an expose’ on the numerous societal factors which are facing women today. It is a look into poverty as many of us have never seen poverty, a look at the blatant and sometimes shocking facts of being a poor woman in the United States, the facts of that ever present “bottomless pit”. It is also a look, however, a the so-called “glass ceiling” which confronts professional women in the workplace. This paper contends that while the two scenarios are definitely different, they are inherently related to the same societal factors of the patriarchal dominated society which has been in place for the history of mankind. No additional sources are listed.
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Womens Work, Womens Poverty" is an expose on the numerous societal factors which are facing women today. It is a look into poverty as many of us have never
seen poverty, a look at the blatant and sometimes shocking facts of being a poor woman in the United States, the facts of that ever present "bottomless pit". It
is also a look, however, a the so-called "glass ceiling" which confronts professional women in the workplace. While the two scenarios are definitely different, they are inherently related to
the same societal factors of the patriarchal dominated society which has been in place for the history of mankind. "Glass Ceilings and Bottomless
Pits : Womens Work, Womens Poverty" reveals a number of startling facts about womens fate in todays world. We learn that poverty touches old and young, black and white.
It is a problem which has been a part of U.S. culture and society since the very beginning of our country. It is also a problem whose face
has changed greatly since the time our forefathers and mothers landed on these shores and one which has become a highly visible blight on one of the strongest and wealthiest
nations on Earth. The problems associated with poverty are tremendously complex and require far more than our traditional approaches at welfare to address.
Albeda and Tilly (1997) clarify that, although the current perception of poverty is that it affects largely the black and largely the young, poverty affects whites and other
races and the old as well. In reality poverty is a condition which sees no age or race boundaries. It has escalated rather than declined over the history
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