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)

The author does not believe that being black has had a profound effect on her education and proposed to describe that effect by presenting observations from her own life. She also shared her conclusions about what approaches she thought were most successful for other black persons attempting to get a college education. (Author/RK)

Presents an overview of the role women have performed in the military nursing corps. Reviews the history of women in the military nursing corps; their struggle to gain officer rank, status, and pay; military family policies; and nurses' contribution to military health care. (Author/ABB)

Evaluated a career development program designed for federally employed women by looking at demographic information, educational and career goals and behavior, and skills related to personal development. (ABB)