THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS CURRENT PAMPHLETS AND BROCHURES ON OCCUPATIONS FOR COLLEGE-TRAINED WOMEN. THEY ARE ORGANIZED BY JOBS AND DATE AND PRICE ARE GIVEN WHEN AVAILABLE. MANY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND INDUSTRIAL PERSONNEL DEPARTMENTS PROVIDE FREE LITERATURE. TO LOCATE MATERIAL BY FIELD OF STUDY, A CROSS REFERENCE INDEX IS PROVIDED. A SAMPLE LETTER…

Almost 27 million children in the U.S.--or 42 percent of those under age 18--had mothers working or seeking work in March 1974. About one in four of these children (6.1 million) were below regular school age. Since 1970, the number of children whose mothers were in the labor force has risen sharply by 1.2 million, while the total number of…

In recognition of the continuing importance of women's contributions to the Veterans Administration mission, and in response to a growing interest in the subject on the part of both men and women, this brief reading list has been designed as a general introduction to the concerns of women, their work and their place in society. The list was…

This booklet is an overview of female employment today. The profile of the woman worker is changing, in terms of personal characteristics such as age, marital family status, education, race, and family income, and also in terms of employment characteristics, such as occupation, income, and unemployment patterns. The report predicts a continuing…

This brochure describes the changing social patterns which have resulted in increased female labor force participation. Educational counseling is necessary to develop a woman's talents for a rewarding career. (BH)

This study of the employment patterns of married women in relation to family composition is based on a sample of 32,500 cases from the 1960 census. Comparisons of employment rates among subpopulations and dummy variable regression techniques were used to analyze the data. Employment status, including full or part time, was compared with family…

This issue of "Engineering Manpower Bulletin" reviews some of the statistics and other information concerning the status of women in engineering. These major topics are considered: dispelling some common misconceptions; women in the current engineering picture; why does engineering need women; what keeps women out of engineering; problems facing…

This article summarized the perspective of this issue by recognizing the validity of the issues being raised by the women's rights movement and also recognizing that the "liberation of women" means the liberation of men. (Author/RK)

Author endeavored to elucidate the hurdles, challenges, and rewards of being a woman surgeon. (Author/RK)

Author outlined her experiences as a woman, a professor, and a mother. She also urged other women, tenured professionals, to sustain collective efforts in order to help those women struggling up the ladder towards academic success and survival. (RK)

Examines three aspects of family life that are evolving in directions that have no historical precedent--adolescent indifference to the family's identity that shows up in the discontinuity of values from parents to children, instability in the life of the couple, and systematic demolition of the nuclear family. (Author/IRT)

Women who had completed the Strong Vocational Interest Blank for Women as college freshmen were contacted 13 to 21 years later, and were classified as career or homemaker oriented on the basis of their actual work experience. Results are discussed in terms of previous research and Holland's Occupational Classification System. (Author)

This study was designed to ascertain whether or not working wives derive status benefits from their own occupational attainments. Findings suggest that they do. (Author)

The second part of a two-part series on rural women in Appalachia, this article presents the life stories of a rural teacher and leader, the President of the Council on Appalachian Women, and a college student. (JC)

Recent PhD's in psychology and biological sciences with spouses who were also professionals were surveyed; the focus was on their joint job-seeking. Couples frequently described egalitarian decision rules. But traditional patterns were also evident, particularly among the biological-science sample. (Author)