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Bioarchaeology of Spanish Florida: The Impact of Colonialism. Clark Spencer Larsen. ed. Gainsville: University Press of Florida, 2001. 320 pp.Skeletons in Our Closet: Revealing Our Past through Bioarchaeology. Clark Spencer Larsen. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000. 248 pp.

Taking a career break is a conflicted and risky decision for high-achieving professional women. Yet many do so, usually planning, even as they quit, to return to work eventually. But can they? And if so, how? In Opting Back In, Pamela Stone and Meg Lovejoy revisit women first interviewed a decade earlier in Stone's book Opting Out? Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home to answer these questions. In frank and intimate accounts, women lay bare the dilemmas they face upon reentry. Most succeed but not by returning to their former high-paying, still family-inhospitable jobs. Instead, women strike out in new directions, finding personally gratifying but lower-paid jobs in the gig economy or predominantly female nonprofit sector. Opting Back In uncovers a paradox of privilege by which the very women best positioned to achieve leadership and close gender gaps use strategies to resume their careers that inadvertently reinforce gender inequality. The authors advocate gender equitable policies that will allow women--and all parents--to combine the intense demands of work and family life in the twenty-first century..

Welfare reform focuses attention on the potential of pay equity & living wage strategies to move women out of the ranks of the working poor. In this study, we use data from a large municipality in the Northeast to simulate implementation of the two policies & compare their relative effectiveness in raising the earnings of female- & minority-dominated jobs, narrowing gender- & race-based earnings differentials, & lifting workers out of poverty. Results show that pay equity raises salaries across-the-board, but especially among low-skilled & minority-dominated jobs, & closes the wage gap. Both pay equity & living wage dramatically reduce the incidence of poverty; living wage, however, leaves virtually untouched the type of discrimination targeted by pay equity & has little impact on the wage gap. The implications of these results for addressing the needs of women transitioning off public assistance & wage justice are discussed. We conclude that both policies should he an integral part of welfare reform efforts, as well as key planks in an overall wage justice strategy. Tables, Appendixes, References. Adapted from the source document. COPIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM: HAWORTH DOCUMENT DELIVERY CENTER, The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580

Increasing attention has been given to high-achieving women who appear to be leaving their careers in favor of staying home full-time to raise children. Some commentators interpret this trend as reflecting these women's embrace of a "new traditionalism," a rejection of feminist goals in favor of more traditional gender roles. Based on intensive interviews with forty-three women, the authors find that participants' decisions to interrupt careers are highly conflicted and not grounded in a return to traditional roles. Although family concerns figure prominently, they are not the major reason behind most women's decisions. Work-based factors play a primary role, with characteristics of husbands playing an important secondary role. The authors conclude that by virtue of their occupational status and class membership, professional women are caught in a double bind between the competing models of the ideal worker and ideal parent. The authors discuss the policy implications for the organization of work-family life.

Increasing attention has been given to high-achieving women who appear to be leaving their careers in favor of staying home full-time to raise children. Some commentators interpret this trend as reflecting these women's embrace of a "new traditionalism," a rejection of feminist goals in favor of more traditional gender roles. Based on intensive interviews with forty-three women, the authors find that participants' decisions to interrupt careers are highly conflicted & not grounded in a return to traditional roles. Although family concerns figure prominently, they are not the major reason behind most women's decisions. Work-based factors play a primary role, with characteristics of husbands playing an important secondary role. The authors conclude that by virtue of their occupational status & class membership, professional women are caught in a double bind between the competing models of the ideal worker & ideal parent. The authors discuss the policy implications for the organization of work-family life. 22 References. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright 2004 The American Academy of Political and Social Science.]

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Why a Book on Victorian Women's Bodies? -- Theoretical Frameworks -- The Victorian Era: An Overview -- Note -- References -- Chapter 2 Science, Evolution, and the Female Sex -- Introduction -- Biological Determinism -- Female Bodies as Subjects of Victorian Science -- Sexuality and Social Ideals -- To Sum Up -- Questions to Consider -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Girlhood, Adolescence, and Sexuality -- Introduction -- Education and the Debate Over Women's Minds and Bodies -- Class and Health -- Shaping the Young Woman -- To Sum Up -- Questions to Consider -- Note -- References -- Chapter 4 The Good Mother and the Proper Wife: Marriage, Pregnancy, and Motherhood -- Introduction -- Marriage and the Construction of the Family -- Maternal Experiences -- To Sum Up -- Questions to Consider -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Matriarchs, Menopause, and Death -- Introduction -- Victorian Women at Midlife -- The Victorian Widow -- To Sum Up -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Victorian Bodies, Modern Issues -- Conclusions: Science and Culture Revisited -- Contemporary Relevance -- Note -- References -- Index.

Science or Sacrilege: Native Americans, Archaeology and the Law. 1996. 60 minutes, color. video by Nicholas Nicastro. For more information contact University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, Berkeley, CA 94704 (510/624‐0460).

With the support of the National Science Foundation, the American Sociological Association conducted a longitudinal survey of sociology majors from the class of 2005, following them from senior year into careers or graduate school. The first part of this article provides a context for the results from the What Can I Do with a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology? study and a summary of its key findings. Wave I data demonstrate strong student interest in sociological concepts, perceived mastery of some research skills but not others, and general satisfaction with the major. Sociology majors are both idealists and careerists. The majority expects to enter the job market after graduation but is not satisfied with the career advising they receive. Key findings from Wave II demonstrate that more respondents go directly into the job market than expected, job search strategies are important in finding a job that matches what students learned in their sociology programs, and those who find such jobs are more satisfied with the major. The second part discusses how the survey findings can be used to enhance curriculum, advising, and assessment without vocationalizing the curriculum and without adding extra burdens to faculty members' already heavy schedules. Finally, the article discusses how the data can be used as a baseline for department assessment.