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Lifting a ton of feathers : a woman's guide for surviving in the academic world

Title: Lifting a ton of feathers : a woman's guide for surviving in the academic world / Paula J. Caplan.
Author: Caplan, Paula J.
Publication: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [1993]

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xvi, 273 pages; 24 cm

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-273).

Contents

1. The Good, the Bad, and the Perplexing -- 2. Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?, or The Maleness of the Environment -- 3. Unwritten Rules and Impossible Proofs -- 4. The Myths -- 5. Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't -- 6. What You Can Do: Some General Principles -- 7. What You Can Do: Suggestions for Specific Situations -- 8. Check-list for Woman-positive Institutions -- Appendix 1: The Data on Gender Bias in Academia -- Appendix 2: The Maleness of the Environment -- Appendix 3: Suggested Guidelines for Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure Committees.

ISBN

0802029035 (acid-free paper) :
0802074111 (pbk. : acid-free paper) :

LCCN

93231856

OCLC

ocm27224785

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Columbia University Libraries