ABSTRACT
Most of the geographic literature on how women combine their productive and reproductive lives has focused on how they manage the journey to work (Cichocki 1980; Coutras and Fagnani 1978; Ericksen 1977; Fagnani this volume; Kaniss and Robins 1974; Madden and White 1978; Palm and Pred 1974; Pratt and Hanson this volume). This chapter explores another geographic option, that of bringing paid labour into the home. By converging work and family in one place, women eliminate the journey to work, but create entirely new issues and problems that vary according to their stage in life. Through the use of case studies selected from my research, I want to examine why women work in their homes and how the experiences of working there relate to the larger conditions of their lives.
