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African American Women Working in the Twin Cities during the Mid-Twentieth Century: Discovering Their Vocational Identity
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Kelly, Sharon F. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Existing scholarship has no examination of attributing the discourse on vocational identity to African American women, which in this study, has been defined as what a woman ought to be and do. African American women have been a subject of scholarly inquiry on having the longest history of paid work. This qualitative dissertation contains their…
Descriptors: Females, African Americans, Employed Women, Interviews
Women in Minnesota.
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Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Hubert H. Humphrey Inst. of Public Affairs. – 1984
Based on data from the 1980 Census of Population and Housing, this report contains comprehensive information about the status of women in Minnesota. It includes detailed information about population characteristics, educational attainment and enrollments, marital status, labor force participation and employment, income and earnings, and poverty…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Demography, Economic Status
Rural Women: An Untapped Resource. Proceedings of the Governor's Council on Rural Development Conference (Willmar, Minnesota, May 20-21, 1983).
Minnesota State Dept. of Energy and Economic Development, St. Paul. – 1984
The texts of four speeches and seven workshop presentations comprise this report intended to be a resource for rural women seeking careers in business ownership and to assist Minnesota's legislature and others interested in helping them. Presentations provide practical, technical, and inspirational information by 18 women with experience and…
Descriptors: Business, Business Administration, Career Guidance, Career Planning
The Countryside Council. Biennial Report 1977-79.
Southwest State Univ., Marshall, Minn. – 1979
The Countryside Council is a citizen-based non-partisan public interest research group based in 19 counties of rural southwestern Minnesota. Each year the Council identifies particular problems or needs of the region and sets up task forces to study each problem and make recommendations for resolution. During 1977-79 six task forces were at work.…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Citizen Participation, Educational Finance, Employed Women
Minnesota Women: Work & Training.
Council on the Economic Status of Women, St. Paul, Minn. – 1977
The purpose of this report, based on testimony presented to the Council on the Economic Status of Women, is to explore the factors contributing to economic and psychological hardship for large numbers of women seeking employment in Minnesota. This report examines women's preparation and opportunities for employment and specifically addresses…
Descriptors: Career Change, Educational Opportunities, Elementary Secondary Education, Employed Women
Female Administrator Acceptance.
Pawlitschek, Elizabeth Ann – 1976
The number of women in educational administration is declining, despite official efforts to end sex discrimination. Women are hampered on the way to obtaining an adequate education, finding roadblocks from sex bias in elementary readers to discrimination in graduate programs; are considered responsible for home and children even when working full…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection