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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Introduction
Chapter One American Women，Family and Social Changes
1.1 A Look into American Women's Marriage and Family：past and present
1.1.1 American Family of the Past：myth and realities
1.1.2 American Women's family Status and Roles in the Colonial Period
1.1.3 American Women and Changing Norms of Family Life
1.2 Modernization，Social Changes and the American Women's Self-Awakening
1.2.1 The“Industrial Revolution”in the Home
1.2.2 Women's Education and Other Societal Changes since the 1960s
1.2.3 The American Women's Liberation Movement since the 1 960s
Chapter Two Continuity of American Women's Marriage and Family Roles since the 1960s
2.1 A General Look at American Women and Marriage
2.1.1 Mate Selection：love and marriage
2.1.2 Marital Relationship：difficult to cope with
2.1.3 Marital Disruption：divorce
2.2 Women's Family Role as Mother and Caregiver
2.2.1 Social Expectations towards Mother
2.2.2 Role Adaptation to Mother
2.2.3 Relations with Children
2.3 Women's Family Role as Homemaker
2.3.1 Problems of Definition：Housework as Work
2.3.2 Women as Main Homemakers：realities
2.3.3 Economic Value of Homemakers
Chapter Three American Women's Employment and Family life：new roles and role conflicts in the family
3.1 The Increase in Mother's Labor Force Participation since the 1960s
3.1.1 Women's Entrance into Paid Employment
3.1.2 Trends in Women's Attachment to Employment
3.1.3 Women's Economic Independence
3.2 Who's doing the Housework?
3.3 Conflicts between Work and Family Roles
3.4 Employment，the Double Burden and Women's Health
Chapter Four Trends of Altemative Lifestyles for American Women
4.1 Delayed Marriage and Living Arrangements of American Women
4.2 Trends in Single Motherhood
4.2.1 Who Is a Single Mother?
4.2.2 Living Single：Considerations and Challenges
4.3 Non-married Cohabitation
4.4 DINK Family(double income and no kids)
4.5 Marriage Divorce and Remarriage
Conclusion
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