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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...changes were the result of feminist ideology. Female employment in the U.S. has been rising since the 1890s, accompanied, not coincidentally, by a rise in the average age at which women marry, a decline in family size, and a jump in the divorce rate. The sole exceptions to these trends occurred in the 1950s, when, in the prosperous aftermath of World War II, motherhood and babymaking became a kind of national cult: there was a return to earlier marriage, families were bigger and divorce rates stabilized. Though women continued to pour into the workplace during the '50s, this fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Onward, Women! | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

...situation has barely budged. High divorce rates have added to female destitution. In The Divorce Revolution (1985), sociologist Lenore Weitzman showed how no-fault divorce laws -- passed in 43 states, largely in response to feminist demand -- have benefited men and impoverished women. Weitzman found that as a result of these laws, which largely eliminated alimony and often forced the sale of the family home, women and their children typically suffer a 73% drop in their standard of living after a divorce while the ex-husband's living standard jumps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Onward, Women! | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

Monthly telephone charges will also rise as a result of the changes, but just how much for each customer has yet to be determined...

Author: By Lan N. Nguyen, | Title: Centrex Telephone System Being Replaced | 12/2/1989 | See Source »

Auditions begin tomorrow in Lynah Rink.Harvard Coach BILL CLEARY couldn't be happywith last night's result against Colgate...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: The Dramatic Play | 12/2/1989 | See Source »

Harvard officials yesterday said they were not surprised by the University's national ranking. But several expressed hope that the number of foreign students would soon rise as a result of the internationalization effort...

Author: By Lan N. Nguyen, | Title: Study Ranks Harvard 11th in Foreign Students | 11/29/1989 | See Source »

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