Eileen Boris

University of California, Santa Barbara

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Hull Professor and Chair of Department of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara and co-author of Caring for America: Home Health Workers in the Shadow of the Welfare State

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The misogynistic manifesto written by the Santa Barbara shooter has created an intense discussion about women and how they are perceived and treated by men in our society.

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In 1975, fewer than 50 home care agencies existed nationwide. By 2009, there were nearly 6600, with a work force of some 2.5 million people caring for the nation's elderly at home.

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