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Book SynopsisThis book is a compilation and update of a group of provocative papers presented at the Radcliffe College invitational conference, Perspectives on the Patterns of an Era: Family, Work, and Education.
Table of ContentsI • Emerging Issues.- 1 • American Demographic Directions.- 2 • The Challenge of Sex Equality: Old Values Revisited or a New Culture?.- 3 • Do Changes in Women’s Rights Change Women’s Moral Judgments?.- 4 • Emerging Patterns of Female Leadership in Formal Organizations, or Must the Female Leader Go Formal?.- II • Families and Work.- 5 • Ground Rules for Marriage: Perspectives on the Pattern of an Era.- 6 • Psychological Orientations to the Work Role: 1957–1976.- 7 • The American Divorce Rate: What Does It Mean? What Should We Worry About?.- 8 • Family Roles in a Twenty-Year Perspective.- III • Options, Obstacles, and Opportunities.- 9 • Assessing Personal and Social Change in Two Generations.- 10 • The Past and Future of the Undergraduate Woman.- 11 • Changing Sex Roles: College Graduates of the 1960s and 1970s.- 12 • Sex Differences in the Educational and Occupational Goals of Black College Students: Continued Inquiry into the Black Matriarchy Theory.- 13 • Change and Constancy: A Hundred Years’ Tale.
