1st Edition

Careers of Professional Women

Edited By Rosalie Silverstone, Audrey Ward Copyright 1980
230 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1980, women in the United Kingdom exhibited a pattern of work which was notably different from that in other countries of the EEC at the time. Its distinguishing feature was the high proportion of women who returned to work by the time they were forty years of age, having temporarily retired to care for young families. Although this pattern was of fairly recent origin, it... Read more

Foreword Baroness Seear.  Introduction Audrey Ward and Rosalie Silverstone.  1. The Bimodal Career Audrey Ward and Rosalie Silverstone  2. Accountancy Rosalie Silverstone  3. Architecture Valerie Wigfall  4. Dentistry Brenda Fox and Margaret Seward  5. Medicine Mary Ann Elston  6. Nursing Jillian MacGuire  7. Physiotherapy Audrey Ward  8. Teaching R. Keith Kelsall  9. Summing Up Rosalie Silverstone and Audrey Ward.  Notes on Contributors.  Index.

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Rosalie Silverstone and Audrey Ward