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Berman, Ellen – Journal of Medical Education, 1972
Descriptors: Employed Women, Females, Feminism, Higher Education
Hay, Robert D. – ABCA Bulletin, 1982
Uses a case study to demonstrate that, although a corporation has appropriate policies to deal with the legalities of sexual harassment, finding an easy solution is difficult. (AEA)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Employed Women, Office Management, Office Practice

Langwell, Kathryn M. – Journal of Human Resources, 1982
Updates and reexamines Kehrer's 1973 survey of women and men physicians and factors affecting their income differential. It also compares economic indicators of demand for office-based services for men and women physicians to determine whether there is evidence of discrimination by potential patients against women physicians. (CT)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Physician Patient Relationship, Physicians, Productivity

Rytina, Nancy F. – Monthly Labor Review, 1982
This report presents 1981 annual average data on the number of men and women working full time in each occupation and on their usual weekly earnings. Results indicate that occupations in which women workers dominate tend to rank lower in terms of earnings; men dominate higher paid occupations. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Females, Males, Occupational Information
Jolley, Mary Allen – American Technical Education Association, Inc., Journal, 1980
Paper presented at the 1979 National Technical Education Conference. Discusses women and transition, changing attitudes about work and the work place, legal barriers to sex discrimination, and the career development of women. (JOW)
Descriptors: Career Development, Employed Women, Sex Discrimination, Sex Role

Rothman, Nancy Lloyd; Rothman, Daniel A. – Nursing Outlook, 1980
Examines the legal battleground upon which one struggle for the equality of women is being fought. Updates a civil rights decision of crucial importance to nursing--Lemons v City and County of Denver. (JOW)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Employed Women, Nursing

Perry, Ruth; Greber, Lisa – Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1990
Discusses women's central role in the development of the computer and their present day peripheral position, a progression paralleled in the fields of botany, medical care, and obstetrics. Affirms the importance of computer education to women. (DM)
Descriptors: Career Development, Computer Science Education, Computers, Employed Women

Rosenfeld, Rachel A.; Spenner, Kenneth I. – Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, 1992
Data from the Washington State Career Development Study showed that many women go between sex-typical and sex-atypical occupations. Higher work commitment slows movement from nontraditional to traditional occupations, but family variables do not constrain moves to nontraditional jobs nor speed moves to traditional ones. (SK)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Labor Turnover, Nontraditional Occupations, Occupational Mobility

Fulton, Sally A.; Sabornie, Edward J. – Journal of Special Education, 1994
This article reviews studies dealing with the employment outcomes of females and males with disabilities and offers recommendations to special educators. It suggests that women with disabilities are dually disadvantaged in employment when gender interacts with disability. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Employed Women, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Meyerson, Debra E.; Fletcher, Joyce K. – Harvard Business Review, 2000
Approaches to the glass ceiling--encouraging women to adopt "masculine" attributes, accommodating women's unique needs, or celebrating women's differences--have shortcomings. A fourth approach links equity and effectiveness. "Small wins" recognizes that gender inequity is rooted in cultural patterns and uses small initiatives…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Organizational Change, Organizational Effectiveness, Sex Discrimination

Coleman, Margaret S. – WorkingUSA, 2000
The history of women's involvement in unions and their struggle against discrimination in work and in unions are recounted in this article. (SK)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Labor Legislation, Sex Discrimination
Bach, Louise – Phi Delta Kappan, 1976
If the educational leader is a woman who has overcome her usual acculturation, yet preserved her ancient heritage of empathy and nurturance, she would be an educator in the finest sense of that term: disciplined yet creative, logical yet empathetic, directive yet supportive. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Administrators, Discipline, Educational Administration, Employed Women
Perlman, Laura – Manpower (Special Issue: Womanpower), 1975
Some unemployment insurance provisions discriminate against jobless women in matters such as pregnancy and family responsibilities. (Author/BP)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Equal Protection, Parent Responsibility, Pregnancy
Kaser, Joyce – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Guides, Employed Women, Feminism

Centra, John A. – Change, 1975
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs, Employed Women, Females