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Working women : a study of women in paid jobs
- Title
- Working women : a study of women in paid jobs / edited by Ann Seidman ; contributors, Ramona Edelin [and others].
- Publication
- Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1978.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HD6096.A11W67.1978 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xix, 217 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- USA. Monograph on a workshop studying obstacles to equal opportunity employment encountered by woman workers in new england - covers recruitment, promotion, employment opportunities, wages, trade unionization, etc. With respect to manual workers, office workers, managers, service sector and professional workers, and discusses strategies to improve the status of woman wage earners. List of participants. Annotated bibliography pp. 187 to 204, graphs, references and statistical tables.
- Series Statement
- Westview special studies on women in contemporary society
- Uniform Title
- Westview special studies on women in contemporary society
- Subject
- Women > Employment > New England
- Women > Employment
- Werkende vrouwen
- obstacle
- equal rights
- employment
- women workers
- recruitment
- promotion
- employment opportunity
- wages
- trade unionization
- manual workers
- office worker
- manager
- service sector
- professional worker
- statistical table
- droits égaux
- emploi
- travailleuses
- recrutement
- possibilités d'emploi
- salaire
- syndicalisation
- travailleur manuel
- employé de bureau
- cadre
- secteur tertiaire
- travailleur professionnel
- tableau statistique
- obstáculo
- igualdad de derechos
- empleo
- trabajadoras
- contratación
- ascenso
- oportunidades de empleo
- salario
- sindicalización
- trabajador manual
- empleado de oficina
- gerente
- sector terciario
- trabajador profesional
- cuadros estadísticos
- New England
- USA
- Etats-Unis
- Estados Unidos
- Genre/Form
- annotated bibliography.
- graph.
- list of participants.
- reference.
- bibliographie annotée.
- graphique.
- liste de participants.
- référence bibliographique.
- bibliografía comentada.
- gráfico.
- lista de participantes.
- referencia.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 187-204.
- Contents
- Why a pilot project? -- Part 1. Economic and political background -- New England's mature industrial economy -- The failure of public policy -- Part 2. Barriers confronting wage earning women in New England -- The women who work for pay -- The triple jeopardy of Black and other minority women -- Part 3. The obstacles confronting women in major work categories -- Clerical workers -- Service workers -- Blue collar workers --The professions -- Managers and administrators -- Part 4. Strategies and action programs to improve the status of women wage earners -- Toward restructuring the world of work -- Some specific proposals -- A strategy for implementation -- Unfinished business.
- ISBN
- 0891580514
- 9780891580515
- LCCN
- 77013074
- OCLC
- ocm03293021
- 3293021
- SCSB-139566
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library