Summarizes the status of three federal laws and a Presidential order directed toward equal treatment of the sexes in jobs. (Author/DN)

Now that national policy decrees that sexual equality should extend to vocational expectations and domestic work, Sweden is moving deliberately and with conviction toward career, home, and political roles undifferentiated by sex. (Author/JB)

Divorced from the rhetoric of the radical fringe, the demands of the movement are just, says the Dean of Women of the University of Kansas. (Editor)

Examines the extent of gender differences in the incidence of and returns to promotions. Concludes that the returns to promotion are comparable for men and women, but that women are held to higher promotion standards than men and therefore receive fewer promotions than men with equal measured abilities. (NRJ)

This article examines some unpublished survey data which document the magnitude of earnings differences between men and women in the Soviet Union. Factors contributing to these differences are discussed. (Author/EB)

The author's personal account of her experiences in being promoted from an engineer with limited management responsibility to vice president of a large company in New York City. She notes that many women are still isolated from the executive society, which puts the burden on those women who do achieve positions of power to help those women who…

Provides practical suggestions for employment counselors concerned with the advancement of women in nontraditional career fields. Focuses on employment counselor's role in promoting sex equity and nontraditional careers for women. (Author/NB)

Includes "Fighting for Equality on All Fronts" (Fromont); "Three Questions for Mrs. Lucille Caron"; "Women Shoulder the Burden of Cambodia's Economy" (Roess); and "Renewing Their Relationship with the Land" (Mehra-Kerpelman). (SK)

Evidence suggests that increased international trade in manufacturing and deregulation in the banking industry may have helped reduce discrimination in these industries. (Author)

These proceedings are from a hearing that addressed the so-called "glass ceiling"--the dearth of women in mid- and upper-management level positions in corporations and other organizations. Statements of the following persons are included: Senator Paul Simon; Elsie Vartanian, Director of the Women's Bureau; Senator Robert Dole; Lynn…

Women student officers do everything from issuing parking tickets to making arrests at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. (Author/MLF)

The Women's National Press Club (WNPC) existed in Washington, D.C., from 1919 to 1971 primarily because the National Press Club (NPC) refused to admit women. The WNPC offered mutual support in the face of male hostility. Women were virtually cut off from news sources; 20 women had Capitol press gallery privileges in 1879, but they were effectively…

A study by the authors shows that recruiters and students still have some prejudices concerning women and careers. (Author)