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Peer reviewedHildenbrand, Suzanne – Library Trends, 1985
Model for looking at the position of women in librarianship and other female-intensive professions consists of three parts: needs of emerging progressive or welfare state with its ever-growing list of activities; prevailing gender system in progressive America; and adjustments required to accommodate tensions between the first two. Forty-four…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Employed Women, History, Librarians
Peer reviewedGreenhut, Deborah S. – Proteus, 1986
This article describes the status of women as depicted in the literature of the Tudor period. Particular attention is given to the political life of Queen Elizabeth I. (JDH)
Descriptors: Children, Feminism, Foreign Countries, Literary History
Beck, Clare – Library Journal, 1991
Discussion of problems in library reference services focuses on the influence of gender roles. A historical overview of gender roles in the development of American librarianship is presented that highlights stereotyped views of and attitudes toward women, which the author suggests still have influences on librarianship today. (17 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Females, Librarian Attitudes, Library Science, Library Services
