New data from the Current Population Survey indicate that women have fewer years in their current occupations than men, a factor which affects the earnings disparity. (Author)

The author refutes arguments against day care, citing the needs of working women and the advantages of the day-care environment to young children. She considers the cost obstacles to expanded day-care service. (SJL)

Analyzed data from 100 intensive interviews with Chicano married couples. Several variables were analyzed to determine whether they had any correlation with the type of conjugal role structure a couple had. The factor having the strongest impact was whether or not the wife was employed outside the home. (Author)

Time data indicate that, even when employed outside the home, wives still spend more time in household production than other family members. Wives spent less time in dishwashing and care of clothing activities, while children spent more time shopping, in 1977 than in 1967. (Author/CT)

Findings of this research indicate that it was the absolute amount of family income, not its sources, that had the most influence on both 1967 and 1972 net worth for the total sample. Wife's earnings may have made an important contribution to family net worth position. (CT)

Describes the life and career of Sarah Goddard, who ran a Providence, Rhode Island, printing business between 1765 and 1768; shows how she transformed a failing business into a profitable one and how her commitment to printing as a community service surpassed that of her more famous son. (GT)

Offers brief profiles of women who are the superintendents of instruction in their states or territories and comments on the similarities in their backgounds. (IRT)

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,…

Recommends giving women "proactive" training, which means training to prepare them for more responsibility rather than to correct inadequacies. (Author/JM)

Evaluates the effects of a management development program in which women administrators, professionals, and supervisors received training for upward career mobility. Assertiveness and attitudes toward women significantly improved for administrators and professionals but significantly declined for the supervisors. (Author/IRT)

This model emphasizes the distinction between male and female earnings and the distinction between families with employed wives and those without as they affect the fertility rate. (Author/IRT)

Contends that attention to Louisa May Alcott's portrayal of domesticity has meant that her representation of working women has received little consideration. Proposes that Alcott's image of domesticity is underpinned by her experience as a working woman. Examines the foundations of Alcott's domestic ideal by focusing on the experiences of Alcott's…

A survey of 64 Turkish women employed as computer programmers found they are typically young, urban, and well educated. A greater proportion are single or divorced than are other employed women. Married programmers typically combine traditional domestic roles with full-time work. (Contains 44 references.) (SK)

Examined simultaneous effects of multiple indicators of wife's employment on marital disruption for women (N=1,798) who first married between 1968 and 1982. Results indicated the rate and timing of marital disruption was negatively related to wife's income and positively related to number of hours worked per week and amount of premarital work…

According to a survey conducted in 1989, more than 7.2 million people held 2 or more jobs, an increase of 26 percent from 1985 and 52 percent from 1980. Women accounted for nearly two-thirds of the 1.5 million increase in multiple jobholders between 1985 and 1989. (Author)