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BOOKS AND ARTICLES

1. Alesina, A. and E. Glaeser. (2004). Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe: A World of Difference. Oxford University.
2. Cabezas, A., E. Reese, and M. Waller. (2007). The Wages of Empire: Neoliberal Policies, Repression, and Women’s Poverty. Paradigm.
3. Chen, V. T. and K.S. Newman. (2008). The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America. Beacon.
4. Crane, D. Russell and T. B. Heaton, eds. (2008). Handbook of Families & Poverty. Sage.
5. Crittendon, A. (2002). The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued. Holt.
6. Downey, K. (2009). Women Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR’s Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience. Nan A. Talese.
7. Dujon, D. and A. Withorn, eds. (1999). For Crying Out Loud: Women’s Poverty in the United States. South End.
8. Ehrenreich, B. (2005). Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream. Holt.
9. Ehrenreich B. and D. English. (2005). For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women. Anchor.
10. Ehrenreich, B. and A. R. Hochschild, eds. (2004). Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy. Holt.
11. Ehrenereich, B. (2001). Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America. Holt.
12. Goldberg, G. S. and E. Kremen, eds. (1990). The Feminization of Poverty: Only in America? Praeger.
13. Gosselin, P. (2008). High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families. Basic Books.
14. Hacker, J. S. (2006). The Great Risk Shift. Oxford University.
15. Hartmann, H., ed. (2006). Women, Work, and Poverty: Women Centered Research for Policy Change. Routledge.
16. Hays, S. (2004). Flat Broke with Children: Women in the Age of Welfare Reform. Oxford University.
17. Jacobsen, J. (2007). The Economics of Gender, Third Edition. Blackwell.
18. Iceland, J. (2006). Poverty in America: A Handbook. University of California.
19. Kessler-Harris, A. (2003). In Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men, and the Quest for Economic Citizenship in 20th-Century America. Oxford University.
20. Kessler-Harris, A. (2003). Out to Work: A History of Wage-Earning Women in the United States, 20th edition. Oxford University.
21. Lichtenwalter, S. (2005). Gender Poverty Disparity in U.S. Cities: Evidence Exonerating Female-Headed Families,” Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, vol. 32, no. 2, 75-96.
22. Murphy, E. and E. J. Graff. (2006). Getting Even: Why Women Don’t Get Paid Like Men—And What To Do About It. Touchstone.
23. Mutari, E. and D. M. Figart, eds. (2003). Women and the Economy: A Reader. M. E. Sharpe.
24. Naidoo, K. and F. Patel, eds. (2009). Working Women: Stories of Strife, Struggle, and Survival. Sage.
25. National Council of Women’s Organizations, ed. (2007). 50 Ways to Improve Women’s Lives: The Essential Women’s Guide for Achieving Equality, Health, and Success. New World.
26. Newman, K. (2006). Chutes and Ladders: Navigating the Low-Wage Labor Market. Harvard.
27. O’Connor, A. and G. Mink, eds. (2004). Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Policy, and Politics. ABC Clio.
28. Ozawa, M. N. (1989). Women’s Life Cycle and Economic Insecurity: Problems and Proposals. Praeger.
29. Partridge, M. D. and D. S. Rickman. (2006). Geography of American Poverty: Is There a Need for Place-Based Policies? W. E. Upjohn.
30. Payne, R., P. E. De Vol, and T. Dreussi Smith. (2006). Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities. aha! Process.
31. Piven, F. F. and R. Cloward. (1977). Poor People’s Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail. Vintage.
32. Quigley, W.P. (2003). Ending Poverty As We Know It: Guaranteeing a Right to a Job at a Living Wage. Temple University.
33. Rodgers, H.R. (2006). American Poverty in a New Era of Reform. M. E. Sharpe.
34. Sachs, J. (2005). The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time. Penguin.
35. Shipler, D. K. (2005). The Working Poor: Invisible in America. Vintage.
36. Townsend, J. et al. (2000). Women and Power: Fighting Patriarchy and Poverty. Zed.

ONLINE RESOURCES

1. American Association of University Women (AAUW) Archived Research Reports:
   Public Perceptions of the Pay Gap (2005)
   Tenure Denied: Cases of Sex Discrimination in Academia (2004)
   Under the Microscope: A Decade of Gender Equity Projects in the Sciences (2004)
   Women at Work (2003)
   The Third Shift: Women Learning Online (2001)
   http://www.aauw.org/research/all.cfm
2. Arons, J., H. Boushey, and L. Smith, “Why Aren’t We There Yet? An Equal Pay Day 2009 Primer on the Wage Gap,” Center for American Progress, April 27, 2009. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/04/equal_pay_day.html
3. Boushey, H. “Women Breadwinners, Men Unemployed,” Center for American Progress, July 20, 2009. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/07/breadwin_women.html
4. California Budget Project, “A Generation of Widening Inequality. Special Report on the State of Working California, 1979-2006.” http://www.cbp.org/pdfs/2007/0708_swc.pdf
5. Californians for Economic Security, connected to a national movement, organized by Washington, D.C.-based Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW), in conjunction with 35 other state lead partners around the country.
   http://www.insightcced.org/index.php?page=cfess
6. “Challenging the Feminization of Poverty,” CAUSE and Women’s Economic Justice Project of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, UCSB Center for Research on Women and Social Justice. http://www.coastalalliance.com/reports/reports.html
7. DeVol, P. E. “Using the Hidden Rules of Class to Create Sustainable Communities.” http://www.ahaprocess.com/files/DeVol_UsingtheHiddenRulesofClass.pdf
8. “Ending Poverty: Access to Postsecondary Education for Low Income Women,” Center for Women Policy Studies. http://www.centerwomenpolicy.org/programs/poverty/default.asp
9. Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin. http://www.irp.wisc.edu/
10. International Labor Organization (ILO) Socioeconomic Security Programme, "Fact Sheet No. 4: Women Face More Economic Insecurity: Cumulative Disadvantages Intensify Gender Divide.” http://ecocritique.free.fr/ilohappy.pdf
11. Lee, S. and L. Shaw, “Gender and Economic Security in Retirement,” Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 2003. http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/D456.pdf
12. Lovell, V., H. Hartmann, and C. Williams, “Women at Greater Risk of Economic Insecurity: A Gender Analysis of the Rockefeller Foundation’s American Worker Survey,” Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 2008. http://www.iwpr.org/Publications/pdf.htm#pwi
13. “A Platform for Progress: Building a Better Future for Women and Their Families,” National Women’s Law Center, 2008. http://www.nwlc.org/details.cfm?id=3316§ion=infocenter
14. Public Policy Agenda of the California Commission on the Status of Women, p. 5-6, “Economic Security.” http://women.ca.gov/
15. Rooting Out Poverty Report, Community Action Partnership. http://www.communityactionpartnership.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44&Itemid=73
16. Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity.
    http://www.spotlightonpoverty.org/data_on_your_community.aspx
    http://www.povertyscorecard.org/state/CA/
17. Stone, P. “Getting to Equal: Progress, Pitfalls, and Policy Solutions on the Road to Gender Parity in the Workplace,” Pathways: a magazine of poverty, inequality, and social policy, Spring 2009, p. 3-7. Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty & Inequality. http://www.stanford.edu/group/scspi/media_magazines.html
18. United Nations, World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) 2008: Overcoming Economic Insecurity, Chapter 5: “Poverty, Insecurity and Development Risks.” http://www.un.org/esa/policy/wess/