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Authors: Kathleen Day Hulbert, Diane Tickton Schuster
ISBN-13: 9781555424978, ISBN-10: 155542497X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: January 1993
Edition: New Edition

Author Biography: Kathleen Day Hulbert

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	Foreword
	Preface
	The Editors
	Contributors
Pt. 1	Introduction
1	Studying Women's Lives Through Time	3
2	Women's Role Change and Adaptation, 1920-1990	32
Pt. 2	The Vanguard Era
3	Graduating from College in the 1930s: The Terman Genetic Studies of Genius	63
4	The Vassar Classes of 1929-1935: Personality Patterns in College and Adult Life	93
5	Bennington Women of the 1930s: Political Attitudes over the Life Course	117
6	Columbia University Graduate Students, 1945-1951: The Vanguard of Professional Women	140
Pt. 3	The Era of Limitations
7	The Vassar Classes of 1957 and 1958: The Ideal Student Study	161
8	The Mills Classes of 1958 and 1960: College in the Fifties, Young Adulthood in the Sixties	190
9	The UCLA Gifted Women, Class of 1961: Living up to Potential	211
Pt. 4	The Era of Transition
10	The Radcliffe Class of 1964: Career and Family Social Clock Projects in a Transitional Cohort	235
11	The University of Michigan Class of 1967: The Women's Life Paths Study	259
12	The Carnegie Mellon Class of 1968: Families, Careers, and Contingencies	282
Pt. 5	The Era of Liberation
13	The Radcliffe Class of 1969: Women on the Cutting Edge	303
14	Women of Riverside High, 1970-1987: Personal and Political Development	322
15	The Women and Career Options Program, 1973-1975: Encouraging Women's Aspirations	358
16	University of Michigan Medical School Graduates of the 1980s: The Professional Development of Women Physicians	374
17	Academically Talented Women in the 1980s: The Illinois Valedictorian Project	393
Pt. 6	Conclusion
18	Reflections on the Lives of Educated Women	417
	Name Index	445
	Subject Index	451

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