Presents the results of a survey of 262 faculty wives and 20 women faculty at Yale. (HS)

Discusses what the place of women might or should be by 1980. (Editor/HS)

Society discourages women from developing their talents in order to keep them in traditional roles of wife and mother. (HS)

Institute offers flexible opportunities to women for study and development in scholarship, the creative arts, and the professions. (HS)

Reviews the century-long struggle of women for equal rights. (HS)

The authors propose alternative measures to meet the needs of women in universities. Individual efforts by individual women must be facilitated by social innovation brought about by radical experiments with alternative living arrangements and open universities. (BY)

A stimulus film designed for women considering returning to school or work can serve as a catalyst for group experiences. The film focuses on the issues of self-doubts, valid problems and negative reactions. It is available on a rental basis from American Personnel and Guidance Association, Washington D. C. (EA)

In the late summer of 1970, an Ad Hoc Committee at the Ohio State University was appointed (1) to review the status of all women at the University; and (2) to submit a report of the findings and recommendations. The Committee consisted of 3 undergraduate students, 1 graduate student, 2 administrative personnel, and 3 faculty members, one of whom…

Outlines causes of women's disadvantage in the workplace and the inadequacies of career development models for women. Addresses themes related to women's learning at work: hidden curriculum in the work context, identity development, relationships and connection, and mentoring. (Contains 38 references.) (SK)

This handbook is intended as an informal guide for mature women returning to college or starting late. Chapter 1 describes the life patterns of women. Chapter 2 provides statistical information on working mothers, ages of women workers, educational achievement, jobs by sex, and women in labor unions and the labor force. Costs and benefits of jobs…

This book contains 17 papers examining the various roles--learner, teacher, researcher, manager--that women have played in the development of lifelong learning. The following papers are included: "Introduction: Women and Continuing Education--Where Are We Now?" (Roseanne Benn, Jane Elliott, Pat Whaley); "Dancing into the Future:…

In rural America 34 million culturally and economically diverse women share the common problem of unfair treatment based on sex. Although in recent years women have begun to question the social attitudes limiting their aspirations, a formidable gap exists between their expectations and the archaic legal, social, and economic policies that continue…

Harper College's women's center offers support and encouragement to women choosing to re-enter the working world or return to school, and an opportunity for women to enrich their current life styles or to reach out for new ones. (JG)

A review of women's status in Europe concludes that the integration of women into the labor market, rise in their education/training levels, and wider availability of child care are not enough to enable equal access to power. Adult education can help ensure wider opportunities and freedom of choice for women. (SK)