The papers contained in this volume were presented at a conference which focused on the problems faced by black women. The papers address socioeconomic, educational, occupational, and health issues, as well as stressing the special counseling needs of this population. It should be noted that each of these papers is individually cited and…

Perhaps the most significant challenge of the 1970's will be the effect the women's rights movement will have on the nation's established institutions and the extent to which the nation responds to the call of women for equal opportunities. Social pressures and expectations have been, until recently, such that women simply have not opted for jobs…

Discrimination against women in public employment may soon be coming to an end. Since 1972, when the Equal Opportunity Act was expanded to include public schools, the cause of women's rights has been gaining momentum. Today, although there are no quotas for women and men in education, many districts are under affirmative action mandates to move…

The annotated bibliography was prepared to alert educators to literature discussing women in the world of work. It contains 32 documents, announced in Research in Education (RIE), selected by means of a computer search using one of the descriptors Females, Housewives, Mothers, Working Parents or Working Women plus a second major descriptor from a…

The composition of employment was examined using 1970 census data for employed civilians, Holland's occupational typology, and a prestige scale. Results indicate areas where women and Blacks are under- and over-represented. (Author)

A general theme in interviews with 160 working women was that women had not fully integrated work into their lives. The content and delivery of a training program to meet the needs of female employees is described. (Author/MLF)

Through proper job matching and the scrapping of useless criteria, most jobs could be filled by people unemployed or underemployed who are anxious and very capable of filling them. (Author/NQ)

A woman lawyer examines the problem of women in the labor force-the prejudices, the hurdles, and the recent federal legislation which seeks to rectify the inequities women find when they seek to compete with men for jobs. (CJ)

Interviews with professional women in higher education point out that major obstacle to full acceptance of women as professionals is male chauvinism--among females too. (Author)

Presents facts about women workers and how vocational education can prepare women for occupations. (SB)

Reviews evidence which suggests that the sexual division of labor and ideology of sex roles are not determined by biological constraints, but by the structural constraints of a given society. Discusses how the ideology of femininity, which evolved from the life-style of upper class White women, oppresses Black women. (Author/GC)

Changes in the institutional structures that block women's opportunities for occupational advancement will be necessary in the next decade. The structural problems of power, tokenism, and opportunity, identified in Rosabeth Moss Kanter's sociological case study of a corporation, are discussed. (Author/MLF)

Reviews three U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' labor force projections, each based on different assumptions. All show big increases in number of women entering job market, keen job competition for jobs among recent college graduates at least until 1985, and improving employment prospects for teenagers over the next five to ten years. (CSS)

Provides results of a survey of employment patterns of women in the geoscience fields. Results are compared to a similar 1971 survey; trends indicate that while the position of women has improved they are still under-employed and underpaid in most fields. (SL)