A comparison of median income since 1955 shows that the salary differential between men and women has increased in recent years. Although this is due primarily to the over-representation of women in low-skilled, low-paying jobs, even within the same occupations men are better paid. Salary comparisons for professional occupations show differentials…

Writers concerned with the topic of overpopulation have suggested that providing women with more challenging occupational careers will help to reduce the birth rate. Such a contention was not supported by this study of 53 families in which the mother is a practicing physician, attorney, or college professor. While 8 of the couples were childless,…

This document presents the proceedings of the conference on Women and Education: A Feminist Perspective. The papers presented at the conference were: Why Women's Studies and How Sexism and Social Change; Research in Psychology Relevant to the Situation of Women; Women and the Visual Arts; The Woman in the Moon: Toward an Integration of Women's…

This report indicates that although during the last 55 years the ranks of women workers have risen from only one out of five to two out of five of all workers, the profile of the average woman worker has greatly changed from that of a 28-year-old single factory worker or clerk of 1920 to that of a 35-year-old woman of today who may be found in any…

Examines the changes and the reasons for the changes in the way women view being mothers and how they are going about fulfilling the role of "mom." (Author/IRT)

An examination of the replies of 1,402 women in management positions to a national survey indicates that much progress has been made--more women are in the workforce; fewer women perceive their management problems to be sex-oriented; and 73 percent felt their training to be acceptable. (Author/IRT)

Discussed is the role of the National Society of Professional Engineers in its support of legislation to increase opportunities for women in careers in science and engineering. (CS)

The effects of wives' employment status on wives' and husbands' evaluations of their own marital adjustments are examined in two recent national surveys. (Author)

Selected facts and research related to employment of women. (ABM)

This article reports some findings of an empirical study about the perceptions and orientations of women managers in three large organizations. (Author)

The employment and career participation of women at all levels of recreational and park activity has been declining drastically and is likely to continue to do so. (MJB)

It appears that job placement is not a function of the quantity or quality of preparation for administration but, rather, of the social milieu in which such preparation occurs. (Author)

Discusses how women library managers can use efficient time management techniques to help them make the best of both career and home work environments. Nine basic steps to greater efficiency are presented, and external and internal time wasters are listed. (EM)

Examines the Social Security program as it relates to women in the workplace. As increasing numbers of working-age women enter the paid labor force, women's groups are voicing their concerns of the inequitable distribution of Social Security benefits. Discusses three options for reform and expected changes. (Author/ABL)