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Working against odds : stories of disabled women's work lives / Mary Grimley Mason ; with a foreword by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

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Author:
Mason, Mary Grimley  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 183 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2004
C2004
Contents:
The way we see ourselves -- The way the world sees us -- The way we work
Summary:
In this ... ethnographic study of disabled women's relationships with work, [the author] describes the viewpoints, struggles, strategies, and triumphs of eighteen women with a range of physical and sensory impairments. She relates how each came to terms with her disability and achieved self-identity and self-sufficiency in an able-bodied world.-Back cover.
Topic:
Women with disabilities--Psychology  Search this
Women with disabilities--Social conditions  Search this
Discrimination against people with disabilities  Search this
Women with disabilities--Employment  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_966530