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Title: One Step Forward: African-American Married Women in the South, 1950-1960

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2000

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Abstract: The labor-force participation of African-American married women in the southern United States was increasing during a period of deteriorating labor markets when that of African-American men was decreasing. Although the effect of this development on the African-American family was complex, the trend was certainly a sign of limited progress for these women. The jobs that they were able to acquire were generally better than their customary work since the Civil War, despite the adverse labor-market shocks to which African-American families were subject.

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Authors: Heinicke, Craig W.

Periodical (Full): Journal of Interdisciplinary History

Issue: 1

Volume: 31

Pages: 43-62

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Race and Ethnicity

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