Subject Headings

Caregivers
Home economics
Home nursing
Housekeeping
Housewives
Stay-at-home mothers

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Homemakers
Housewives (Use advanced search, Do not include "Desperate")
Stay at home moms

Books

The following sources provide basic information and brief introductions to the topic of caregivers and homemakers. Call numbers and locations are listed below the book's description. Refer to the Ask-A-Librarian, IRIS Guide and Building Map pages for more information. Links to online sources are provided.

Coyne, Beulah S., Coyne Sr., Edward J. and Lee, Monica. Human Resources, Care-Giving, Career Progression and Gender: A Gender Neutral Glass Ceiling.
London: Routledge, 2004.
DOUGLASS STACKS HD4904.25.C69 2004

Flanagan, Caitlin. To hell with all that : Loving and loathing our inner housewife.
New York : Little, Brown; 2006.
ALEX, ROBESON STACKS HQ759.F585 2006

Grant, Karen R. et. al, eds. Caring for/caring about : Women, home care, and unpaid caregiving.
Aurora, Ont.: Garamond Press, 2004.
DOUGLASS STACKS RA645.37.C2C37 2004

Kittay, Eva Feder and Feder, Ellen K., eds. The subject of care : Feminist perspectives on dependency.
Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002.
DOUGLASS, ROBESON STACKS HQ1206.S9 2002

Steiner, Leslie Morgan, ed. Mommy wars : Stay-at-home and career moms face off on their choices, their lives, their families.
New York : Random House, 2006.
ALEX, ROBESON STACKS HQ759.48.M66 2006

Journals

The journals below may contain relevant articles on your chosen topic. To locate the online versions of these journals, search for the title in IRIS and select "Periodical title begins with" from the dropdown menu. The results page will include a link to the electronic version.

Gender Issues [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]

Journal of family and consumer sciences education [Open Access, Online Resource]

Journal of marriage and the family [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]

Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]

Indexes

Journal articles from a variety of periodical sources can be found via these specialized and multidisciplinary indexes. Students can use their Net ID and password to log into Rutgers Restricted databases from off-campus. See the "How Do I Connect From Home?" guide for more information.

Contemporary Women's Issues (1992-present) [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
Covers over 1500 sources published by more than 200 organizations around the world. Coverage includes more than 150 periodicals in addition to non-periodical source publications.

Family and Society Studies Worldwide
Subjects covered include family therapy, cross-cultural issues, minority groups, intermarriage, social policy, parenting, family relationships, foster care and adoption.

Sociological Abstracts
CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.

Websites and Blogs

Bitch PhD.
A feminist doctoral student and stay-at-home mother blogs about current events.

The East Village Inky
The East Village Inky zine provides a humorous, feminist perspective on motherhood. Author Ayun Halliday also writes Bust Magazine's monthly "Mother Superior" column.

Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition and History (HEARTH) (Cornell University)

Homemakers: Cooking, connecting, living well (Facebook Page)

Homemakers Support Group (Facebook Page)