Chapter . Endnotes

1.

McDonald's company reports; “Red Light Flashes for McDonald's,” CNN, December 17, 2002.

2.

McDonald's corporate reports.

3.

Interview conducted December 14, 2004 with Kay Napier.

4.

Census 2003, females age 16 and over.

5.

“101 Facts on the Status of Working Women,” Business and Professional Women's Foundation, October 2004.

6.

Ibid.

7.

Constance Sorrentino, “International comparisons of labor force participation, 1960-81,” Monthly Labor Review, February 1983.

8.

James Morrow, “A Place for One,” American Demographics, November 2003.

9.

Census 2000; the statistics are somewhat skewed because the census begins counting marriages at age 15 when most people aren't married.

10.

Peg Tyre and Daniel McGinn, “She Works. He Doesn't,” Newsweek ...

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