Best Laid Plans: Women Coming of Age in Uncertain Times

by Jessica Halliday Hardie

Given the range of possibilities open to women today, what futures do adolescent girls dream of and pursue? And how do social class and race play into their trajectories? In asking young women about their aspirations in three areas--school, work, and family--Best Laid Plans demonstrates how future plans are framed by notions of gendered responsibilities and abilities. Through her examination of the lives of poor, working-class, and middle-class...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520297873
• ISBN13: 9780520297876
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"