Social Class, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Schooling: A Theoretical Overview -- The Social, Economic, and Educational Status of African American, Latina, and White Women in the United States -- Young White Working-Class Women: Envisioning Adult Lives -- Young Women of African American and Puerto Rican Descent: Anticipating Lives as Adult Women -- Young Women of Dominican and South American Descent: Constructing Possibilities for the Future -- Redefining Relationships to Schooling -- The Formal Curriculum -- The Social Construction of Gender within the School
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-245) and index
