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Details

Additional authors

1. Seidman, Ann.
2. Edelin, Ramona.

Description

1. xix, 217 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

1. USA. Monograph on a workshop studying obstacles to equal opportunity employment encountered by woman workers in new england - covers recruitment, promotion, employment opportunities, wages, trade unionization, etc. With respect to manual workers, office workers, managers, service sector and professional workers, and discusses strategies to improve the status of woman wage earners. List of participants. Annotated bibliography pp. 187 to 204, graphs, references and statistical tables.

Series statement

1. Westview special studies on women in contemporary society

Uniform title

1. Westview special studies on women in contemporary society

Subject

1. Women > Employment > New England
2. Women > Employment
3. Werkende vrouwen
4. obstacle
5. equal rights
6. employment
7. women workers
8. recruitment
9. promotion
10. employment opportunity
11. wages
12. trade unionization
13. manual workers
14. office worker
15. manager
16. service sector
17. professional worker
18. statistical table
19. droits égaux
20. emploi
21. travailleuses
22. recrutement
23. possibilités d'emploi
24. salaire
25. syndicalisation
26. travailleur manuel
27. employé de bureau
28. cadre
29. secteur tertiaire
30. travailleur professionnel
31. tableau statistique
32. obstáculo
33. igualdad de derechos
34. empleo
35. trabajadoras
36. contratación
37. ascenso
38. oportunidades de empleo
39. salario
40. sindicalización
41. trabajador manual
42. empleado de oficina
43. gerente
44. sector terciario
45. trabajador profesional
46. cuadros estadísticos
47. New England
48. USA
49. Etats-Unis
50. Estados Unidos

Genre/Form

1. annotated bibliography.
2. graph.
3. list of participants.
4. reference.
5. bibliographie annotée.
6. graphique.
7. liste de participants.
8. référence bibliographique.
9. bibliografía comentada.
10. gráfico.
11. lista de participantes.
12. referencia.

Contents

1. Why a pilot project? -- Part 1. Economic and political background -- New England's mature industrial economy -- The failure of public policy -- Part 2. Barriers confronting wage earning women in New England -- The women who work for pay -- The triple jeopardy of Black and other minority women -- Part 3. The obstacles confronting women in major work categories -- Clerical workers -- Service workers -- Blue collar workers --The professions -- Managers and administrators -- Part 4. Strategies and action programs to improve the status of women wage earners -- Toward restructuring the world of work -- Some specific proposals -- A strategy for implementation -- Unfinished business.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliography: p. 187-204.