cover image A Lesser Life: The Myth of Women's Liberation in America

A Lesser Life: The Myth of Women's Liberation in America

Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Hewlett. Warner Books, $10.95 (475pp) ISBN 978-0-446-38511-4

British economist Hewlett argues that American feminists have empha sized equal rights and sexual freedom at the expense of social benefits, not ing that American women today enjoy less economic security than their mothers and European sisters. ""Chal lenging, amply researched and an gry,'' PW noted. (March)