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...WOMEN'S MOVEMENT in recent years has focused on bold firsts for women in every area, from West Point to the Little League to gubernatorial posts. But the spotlight always hits positions that have traditionally been filled by men. In Pink Collar Workers, Louise Kapp Howe points out that the spotlight has missed center stage: most women still hold jobs that have always been considered women's work...
...Pink Collar Workers, Howe has tried to fill this gap. While statistics set the stage for her argument, the bulk of the book is a series of interviews with women in five overwhelmingly female lines of work--beautician, sales workers, waitress, office worker and homemaker. In all but one case, Howe got her information by spending time in one establishment which served as a paradigm for the industry; in the one exception, she actually worked as a sales clerk in "Ladies' Coats." She interweaves descriptions of specific working conditions and discussions of problems faced nationwide by women in each line...
...term, for Howe has not collated material from a representative cross-section. But she points out that people are not ciphers, and her approach offers another, more personal kind of insight. And her book does not pretend to resolve anything, to give all the answers. Despite its soft pink over, the volume is meant to make its readers uncomfortable. It leaves one with conflicting impressions, dispelling some of the myths that many feminists and statisticians would have one believe. For example, How does not suggest that women are invariably oppressed; in fact, the overriding impression the book gives is that...
Another comer is Cal Vainstein, 46, also a New York transplant, whose New Hero line features drawstring pants, caftans and other casual clothes, like a $47 hot-pink jumpsuit with harem pants and a neckline plunging to the waist. New Hero expects to earn more than $2 million this year...
...employee at Brigham's said the occasion is their "most candy and pink ice cream selling day" of the year...