@inbook{10.3138/j.ctt2ttv96.18,
 ISBN = {9781551110363},
 URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt2ttv96.18},
 abstract = {Chapter 10 examines the treatment of women by public policy-makers, in Canada and other Western countries. The chapter discusses six specific areas of women’s lives and the ways in which governments have dealt with them. It concludes with a discussion of how public policy is divided into “women’s issues” and really important issues, a division based largely on the traditional attitudes towards women discussed in Chapter 1.Women and the StateThe Effects of Public Policy on Women’s LivesPowers within MarriageControl of Sexuality and FertilityRights and Duties as MothersControl of Wealth and IncomeEmploymentEducation‘Serious},
 bookauthor = {Heather MacIvor},
 booktitle = {Women and Politics in Canada},
 pages = {309--323},
 publisher = {University of Toronto Press},
 title = {Public Policy-Making in Canada and Its Effects on Women’s Lives},
 year = {1996}
}