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The Double Shift
(Women: A True Story series)

VHS
47 minutes
HQ1236 .W651 1997 v.2

Most women who have careers and raise families do a "double shift" - they hold one job for which they are paid, and another for which they are not. This program examines that reality, and whether women can ever really be equal in this situation. A surgeon juggling family and career pays a significant price in guilt and lower income; an immigrant, single mother of three regrets that her daughter must sacrifice her education to help support the family. Several experts discuss women's role in subsidizing industry during World War II. A "househusband," whose wife works full-time, provides a male perspective on the issue.

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Women's Studies

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