Agriculture and the rural economic bases in mining, fisheries, forestry, and natural resource extraction are experiencing major social and economic changes. The farm and rural crises of the 1980s are not short-term aberrations, but symptoms of long-term trends that were partially hidden by the relatively good times for agriculture and rural areas…

Women who were selected for the Congressional Fellowship Program from 1961 through 1975 were studied in order to determine the characteristics of female federal bureaucrats. Successful female bureaucrats were found to closely resemble their male counterparts, an exception being that the former are more likely to support unionization. (GC)