"An Economist Book of the Year" "A Behavioral Scientist's Notable Book" "A Wall Street Journal Favorite Political Book of the Year" "A FiveBooks Best Nonfiction Books of the Year" "Winner of the Richard A. Lester Book Award, Industrial Relations Section Industrial Relations Section" "Career and Family is a radical book. It is also brilliantly researched and argued."---Lily Meyer, New Republic "[Career and Family]looks at how women have struggled to balance work and home over the decades. Among its many takeaways is the notion that female participation in the workplace changes the very nature of work."---Rana Foroohar, Financial Times "Goldin weaves together complicated data sets that no one else thought to look at. . . . [She] brings such data to life."---Joan C. Williams, Times Literary Supplement " There are many reasons to read [Career and Family]. The main one being that [it is] excellent. . . . Goldin is a natural teacher, which comes across on the page. The book is also, in some ways, deeply personal. "---Emily Oster, ParentData "Provocative and compelling." ― The Economist "[Career and Family] traces the history of work and family for college-educated women, and diagnoses what still troubles their careers today." ― The Economist "In this deeply researched, engagingly written, and surprisingly personal book, Goldin summarizes the history and current state of gender disparities in employment and pay, both in general and specifically for college-educated women."---Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs "This is no ordinary book. . . . Goldin has written a chatty, readable sequel to [Betty] Friedan’s [The Feminine Mystique], destined itself to become a paperback best-seller―all the more persuasive because it is rooted in the work of hundreds of other labor economists and economic historians over the years."---David Warsh, Economic Principals "Combining diligent research with acute observations, accessible case studies, and practical solutions, this is a refreshing take on a pernicious social problem." ― Publishers Weekly "A must-read for those who care about gender gaps. . . . Goldin does a compelling job of running through the historical data, providing the surrounding cultural context, and explaining how technological and legal changes affected women over the years. . . . In Career and Family, Goldin expertly lays out the history of college-grad women’s advances in the work force, and she carefully dissects where the remaining gender gap originates."---Robert VerBruggen, Institute for Family Studies "This book is a must-read."---Melissa Davies, Society of Professional Economists

Chapter Page List of Figures and Table vii List of Online Figures, Tables, and Sources ix 1. The New Problem with No Name 1 2. Passing the Baton 18 3. A Pork in the Road 46 4. The Bridge Group 63 5. At the Crossroads with Betty Friedan 84 6. The Quiet Revolution 109 7. Assisting the Revolution 133 8. Mind the Gap 151 9. The Case of the Lawyer and the Pharmacist 176 10. On Call 196 Epilogue: Journey's End-Magnified 221 Acknowledgments 239 Figures and Table Appendix: Sources and Notes 243 Source Appendix 253 Notes 261 References 301 Index 309