Great observations Katherine. Goldin's work is very path breaking and vital. Women do indeed remain in an under class. Yet, there is NO Nobel Prize in Economics (it is the Swedish National Bank Prize given at the same time as the real science prizes, over the objection of the Nobel Family). It usually goes to hard core cult (neofeudal) members. But, every once in while is used to co-opt a particular tangent (e.g., game theory, behaviorism, etc.). They can say, "see we considered that one, so now we can get back to business as usual". One might wonder what women might be loosing by being melded into the fold, yet dismissed.