Business: A Woman's Place Is on the Job

IN a suburb of Washington, D.C., a six-year-old child was surprised to find that his playmate's mother was at home one noon, preparing lunch. The six-year-old piped up: "What's the matter with your mother? Can't she work?"

Of all the social verities that have recently been called into question, none has crumbled quite so rapidly as the belief that a woman's place is in the home —full time. Today a record 43% of all U.S. women—32 million strong—are in the nation's labor force, many in jobs that might have cowed Rosie the Riveter....

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