# Women and Work over Time

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Goldin showed that women's paid labor participation did not rise in a simple straight line with development. Structural shifts from agriculture to industry and then services interacted with social norms, marriage bars, education, and expectations, producing a U-shaped historical pattern. Recovering overlooked data was central to revising the conventional story.