9.2 Readings for part iii—sex, gender, and sexual orientation

Minority Studies: A Brief Text: Reading List for Part III—Sex, Gender, and Sexual Orientation

An Obstacle . Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The American Journal of Nursing , Vol. 29, No. 1. (Jan., 1929), p. 59.

At What Cost a Room of Her Own? Factors Contributing to the Feminization of Poverty Among Prime-Age Women, 1939-1959. Linda Barrington; Cecilia A. Conrad. The Journal of Economic History , Vol. 54, No. 2, Papers Presented at the Fifty-Third Annual Meeting of the Economic History Association. (Jun., 1994), pp. 342-357.

Black Americans and the Feminization of Poverty: The Intervening Effects of Unemployment. Harrell R. Rodgers, Jr. Journal of Black Studies , Vol. 17, No. 4. (Jun., 1987), pp. 402-417.

Black Women in Poverty: Some Comments on Female-Headed Families. Rose M. Brewer. Signs , Vol. 13, No. 2. (Winter, 1988), pp. 331-339.

Black Women on AFDC and the Struggle for Higher Education. George Junne. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies , Vol. 10, No. 2, Women and Worth. (1988), pp. 39-44.

Child Support Awards: Differentials and Trends by Race and Marital Status. Andrea H. Beller; John W. Graham. Demography , Vol. 23, No. 2. (May, 1986), pp. 231-245.

Child Support Payments: Evidence from Repeated Cross Sections. Andrea H. Beller; John W. Graham. The American Economic Review , Vol. 78, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the One-Hundredth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association. (May, 1988), pp. 81-85.

Cleaning Up/Kept down: A Historical Perspective on Racial Inequality in “Women’s Work.” Evelyn Nakano Glenn. Stanford Law Review , Vol. 43, No. 6. (Jul., 1991), pp. 1333-1356.

Economic and Labor Market Trends. Demetra Smith Nightingale; Michael Fix. The Future of Children , Vol. 14, No. 2, Children of Immigrant Families. (Summer, 2004), pp.48-59.

Estimating Earnings Poverty in 1939: A Comparison of Orshansky-Method and Price-Indexed Definitions of Poverty. Linda Barrington. The Review of Economics and Statistics , Vol. 79, No. 3. (Aug., 1997), pp. 406-414.

Family, Race, and Poverty in the Eighties. Maxine Baca Zinn. Signs , Vol. 14, No. 4, Common Grounds and Crossroads: Race, Ethnicity, and Class in Women’s

Female Headship, Feminization of Poverty and Welfare. Mwangi S. Kimenyi; John Mukum Mbaku. Southern Economic Journal , Vol. 62, No. 1. (Jul., 1995), pp. 44-52.

Feminist Political Discourses: Radical versus Liberal Approaches to the Feminization of Poverty and Comparable Worth. Johanna Brenner. Gender and Society , Vol. 1, No. 4. (Dec., 1987), pp. 447-465.