Some details about Rutgers' affirmative action program. (PG)

Gives particular attention to the Supreme Court's definition of "sex based discrimination" and its application of the "Griggs" effect-test. Asserts that the Court has adopted the most conservative available notion of equal opportunity. Available from Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Box 54, Columbia University School of Law,…

Examined recruitment data for the United States Missile Command from years 1978-1984 to ascertain whether or not the Veterans' Readjustment Program presented a barrier to recruitment of women. Found adverse effects on recruitment of women, noting recruitment efforts successful with one population may present barriers to another. (Author/ABL)

Interviews with 41 matched pairs of male and female construction professionals reveal that, despite active recruitment, women face a hostile and discriminatory environment--demanding work and the overt resentment of male managers and colleagues. Women are unlikely to progress unless the industry culture is changed. (SK)

The rise to prominence of the women's suffrage movement in the World War I years brought women reporters into U.S. newsrooms for the first time. In 1911 Emma Bugbee became the first woman hired as a "hard" news reporter for the "New York Tribune" (later the "Herald Tribune"). Ishbel Ross, author of "Ladies of the…

In this congressional hearing on women in the labor force, focus is on the problems of wage discrimination and specific means of eradicating this injustice. Testimony includes statements and submissions for the record (prepared statements and reports) from United States Senators and from individuals representing the Committee on Women's Employment…

Presents an overview of the role women have performed in the military nursing corps. Reviews the history of women in the military nursing corps; their struggle to gain officer rank, status, and pay; military family policies; and nurses' contribution to military health care. (Author/ABB)

Explains the "work of equal value" concept and describes the steps that must be taken to establish a case of discrimination in organizations that come under Federal jurisdiction. (SK)

Faculty wives have been found to be that group of women most discriminated against in employment. (HS)

Reviews different interpretations of the Supreme Court's recent ruling concerning Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. For related articles, see pages 21 and 23 in the same issue. (WD)

This first part of a two-part article dealing with laws relating to working women and pregnancy examines the socio-legal developments preceding passage of the Pregnancy Disability Amendment, the basic provisions of the bill, and its impact on employers, employees, and unions in its first three years. (Author/MLF)

The following question is discussed: What will be the impact on unemployment compensation not only of increased labor force participation of women, but also of nearly equal proportions in the labor force of men and women? (BM)

Argues that employers should be able to exclude fertile women from jobs that expose them to a teratogen or to a mutagen with significantly greater risks for female workers. (IRT)

Documents the salary and promotional inequities between women and men in working class, academic, governmental, and professional (law, medicine, and scientific research) jobs. Calls for more affirmative action programs and argues that professional women will be able to fight for equal rights for all classes of working women. (GC)