This annotated bibliography dealing with the continuing education of women contains 143 indexed and abstracted entries arranged under the following headings: Sex Differences in Mental Ability and Achievement; Social Role Related Interests and Needs; Employment Related Interests and Needs; Programs and Participation; and Women's Education in…

This 1968 study explored role perceptions of junior Four H leaders and identified some factors in role performance. Hypotheses were tested relating to their role expectations, performance and self evaluation of preparedness for the role. Questionnaires were administered to 279 junior leaders, 121 adult leaders, and 36 Extension agents in 15…

How do black females attempt to resolve the dilemma of femininity and high achievement goals? This paper discusses and reviews the nature of that relationship between femininity and high achievement need which has generally been of a reverse nature. The dilemma of being female for the black women is that she is being urged by society in general to…

Conducted during the summers of 1970 and 1971, this study examined the relationship between the maternal attitudes of Negro mothers towards women's role and their educational aspirations and expectations for their daughters. A random sample of 294 metropolitan and 259 nonmetropolitan black Texas homemakers was used. These homemakers were…

Although many studies have shown women administrators to be as able in positions of leadership as men, women are found less and less in public school administration. Many reasons are given to account for this situation -- largely myths grounded in a value system operationalized through the economic institutions. Albeit, larger numbers of women…

This course was designed to explore traditional and contemporary theories and research as they relate to male and female roles in Western and non-Western cultures. Readings, discussions, exercises, and attitude surveys were used to combine cognitive and affective learning. Student evaluations and informal follow-up have been positive. (Author/JEL)

Tested hypotheses concerning sex ratios, women's roles, and economic power with data from 111 countries. Found undersupply of women positively associated with proportion of women who marry and fertility rate; inversely associated with women's average age at marriage, literacy rate, and divorce rate. Suggests women's economic power may counteract…

Uses data from survey of 880 Kentucky farm women to present theoretical framework integrating microsocial, household economy, and farm structural perspectives to explain gender allocation of farm-specific tasks and decision making. Finds self-identity validated by participation in farm tasks/decision making, but, overall, women indicate low levels…

This study examined the viewing preferences of high school students, with a focus on high school age males. The purpose of the study was to explore the media's perpetuation of stereotypes, and how these representations influence the students' self-identity and perceptions of gender roles. Participants were 77 high school students in a medium-sized…

Over the years, it has been shown that television has the tendency to use stereotypical gender imagery, and despite the continuing trend toward political correctness, the same types of gender bias are still very common today. Because of this tendency for bias, television programming continues to be an area of concern, especially in light of the…

Many women who seek to combine a demanding career and a family encounter a variety of problems and conflicts. The special problems of these women as well as research findings on effective coping strategies are reviewed. Implications of these findings for developing appropriate counseling interventions are discussed. (Author)

Identifies personal-social factors women perceive as being those that prevent them from entering occupations usually held by men. Factors included conceptions of male-dominated work environments, self-concept, stereotyped views held by family, attitudes of friends, security in traditional jobs, fear of failure, and money training. (CT)

The author describes her experiences leading remote wilderness canoe trips for a coed camp; differences in leadership styles when trips are led by two women, by a man and a woman, or by two men; and her own camping experiences as a youth when camp leaders were cast into stereotypical gender roles. (LP)

Gender differences in overall self-evaluation and in specific dimensions of self-concept were examined in 470 primarily white college and 501 high school students. The findings indicate that there are gender differences in overall self-evaluation that favor males and that there are differences in specific self-concept areas that are consistent…

This intergenerational study focused upon obstacles confronting three gifted women in three generations in the same family. Obstacles included providing for basic needs of family, children, work, and others; the role of personal satisfaction as a quality of life; and the ability to accommodate wants, needs, and expectations of others. (Author/CR)