69. Ibid., p. 88.
70. Lynn Z. Bloom, Karen Coburn, and Joan Pearlman, The New Assertive Woman (New York: Dell, 1976), p. 11.
71. Brothers, op. cit., p. 136.
72. Bloom et al., op. cit., pp. 24–25.
73. Quoted in Elayn Bernay, “Growing Up to Be Chairperson of the Board,” Ms., June 1977, p. 80.
74. Bloom et al., op. cit., pp. 16–17.
75. Baer, op. cit., p. 173.
76. Newman, Berkowitz, and Owen, op. cit., p. 34.
77. Newberger and Lee, op. cit., p. 198.
Notes for Afterword
1. Barbara Seaman, The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women: Exploding the Estrogen Myth (New York: Hyperion, 2003).
2. Carol Landau, Ph.D., and Michele G. Cyr, M.D., The New Truth About Menopause (New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2003).
3. William Regelson, M.D., and Carol Colmer, The Super-Hormone Promise (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996).
4. Seaman, loc. cit.
5. The New York Times, mentioned in The New Truth About Menopause.
6. Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, February 2004.
7. Nat Ives, “Advertising,” The New York Times, January 30, 2004, C2.
8. Bob Egelko, “Court Backs Coverage for Birth Control,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 2, 2004, A1.
9. Harvard Women’s Health Watch newsletter, July 2003.
10. Juliet Schor, The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure (New York: Basic Books 1992).
11. U.S. Bureau of the Census, Divorce Statistics Collection, Divorce Rates, 2002, Washington, D.C.
12. U.S. Bureau of the Census, Child Support for Custodial Mothers, Washington, D.C., 1997.
13. Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi, The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke (New York: Basic Books, 2003).
14. Rachel Greenwald, MBA, Find a Husband After 35 Using What I Learned at Harvard Business School (New York: Ballantine Books, 2003).
15. Dr. Laura Schlessinger, The Proper Care And Feeding of Husbands (New York: HarperCollins, 2004).
16. Ann Hulbert, Raising America: Experts, Parents and a Century of Advice about Children (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003).
17. Penelope Leach, Children First (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994).
18. Philip C. McGraw, Ph.D., Life Strategies (New York: Hyperion, 1999).
19. U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, Marriages and Divorce—Number and Rate by State: 1990 to 2001, Washington, D.C., 2002.
20. Stanley Henshaw and Kathryn Kost, “Abortion Patients in 1994–1995: Characteristics and Contraceptive Use,” Family Planning Perspectives, July/August 1996.
21. Health First: Weight Loss and Wellness for Christians, 1, First Place The Bible’s Way to Weight Loss.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
It would be impossible to acknowledge by name every person to whom we are indebted for information, ideas, criticism, and encouragement. But we would like to single out those people who made the special effort to read and discuss drafts with us: Diane Alexander, Rick Brown, Beth Cagan, Anne Farrar, Rachel Fruchter, Diane Horwitz, and Barbara Waterman. Others who read various chapters and gave us their comments include Ros Baxandall, Claudia Carr, Betts Collett, Barbara Easton, Candace Falk, Steve Karakashian, Carol Lopate, Joy Marcus, Gail Pellett, Susan Reverby, Gary Stevenson, Steve Talbot, and Shirley Whitney.
Many people contributed their skills and support in the writing and production of this book—Verne Moberg, Margery Cuyler, and the late Brian English, who gave us brotherly encouragement along with practical advice. Loretta Barrett, our editor at Anchor Books, and Kathy O’Donnell, her assistant, not only made the first publication of this book possible but also worked hard to make it lively and readable. Iris Jones typed the final draft and managed to correct thousands of errors. In addition, we thank the many librarians who helped us with our frequently farfetched requests. For help with the editing and design of this revised edition, we are indebted to Alice van Straalen at Anchor Books.
We remember Maurice English for his support as a father and fellow writer and Elena Ottolenghi for her generous encouragement. Rosa and Ben Ehrenreich, who were small children when we were working on this book, often at their kitchen table, provided us with affection, comic relief, and sometimes even useful help.
There are two people to whom we owe a special intellectual debt: Liz Ewen, whose combination of blunt criticism and intellectual insight was a constant stimulus, and John Ehrenreich—loving friend, ruthless editor, and an irrepressible source of ideas.
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