Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Women, family, and work Women, family, and work Karine S. Moe "Women, Family, and Work is a collection of original essays on topics related to the economics of gender and the family. Written by leading thinkers in the field, the chapters apply traditional econo… OL18204692W
Athena Rising Athena Rising W. Brad Johnson,David G. Smith Evidence consistently shows that women face more barriers in securing mentorships than men, and when they do find a mentor, they may reap a narrower range of both career and psychological benefits.At… OL20039954W
Women, work, and economic growth Women, work, and economic growth Kalpana Kochhar,Sonali Jain-Chandra,Monique Newiak xv, 332 pages : 23 cm OL20056346W
Women in Non-Traditional Occupations Women in Non-Traditional Occupations Barbara Bagilhole "This book is about women in non-traditional, male-dominated work. The questions it explores are: If women work in male-dominated occupations, are they agents for change or changed themselves? Are th… OL2627345W
Ubel Velez, lawyer Ubel Velez, lawyer Jennifer Bryant Portrays the everyday life of a hard-working Hispanic-American lawyer who is also a busy mother raising a family. OL2961430W
Coalmining women Coalmining women Angela V. John A history of women in the coal mines of Great Britain. OL3487034W
Women at work in Australia Women at work in Australia Rae Frances Examines the work undertaken by women in Australia between the gold rushes of the 1850s and World War II. OL3919041W
Disposable women and other myths of global capitalism Disposable women and other myths of global capitalism Melissa W. Wright Everyday, around the world, women who work in the third world factories of global firms face the idea that they are disposable. Melissa W. Wright explains how this notion proliferates, both within an… OL8105241W