San Antonio College Library

As long as there have been wars, there have been women soldiers. Women have fought openly and also in disguise. Their achievements have variously been hailed, ignored, and deliberately concealed. As the nature of combat changes, law and policy must change to place women in official combat roles. Such factors as physical ability, emotional readiness for combat, family relationships, and unit cohesion must be considered in a new light. The author examines...

Provides the results of research and of practical, effective experience in reducing the occurrence of sexual harassment, investigating complaints, and providing counseling and remedies for the victims. In addition, the authors have compiled bibliographies, audio-visual material, and pedagogical techniques for dealing with sexual harassment in the academy and in the workplace. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

"In tobacco fields, auto and radio factories, cigarmakers' tenements, textile mills, print shops, insurance companies, restaurants, and bars, notions of masculinity and femininity have helped shape the development of work and the working class. The fourteen original essays brought together here shed new light on the importance of gender for economic and class analysis and for the study of men as well as women workers. After an introduction by Ava...

"Although the most visible banners of feminism were carried by educated, white-collar, professional women, in fact, working-class women were a powerful force in the campaign for gender equality. 'Rights, Not Roses' explores how unionized wage-earning women led the struggle to place women's employment rights on the national agenda, decisively influencing both the contemporary labor movement and second-wave feminism. Drawing on union records, oral histories,...

This is a compelling study of why women leave science. It links qualitative and quantitative evidence in a way that is social science at its best.

"The controversial issue of establishing living wages for all workers makes this book both a timely and indispensable contribution to this wide-ranging debate, and it will surely become required reading for anyone with an interest in modern economic issues."--Jacket.

This edited work examines sex discrimination through the eyes of law, economics, sociology, and psychology, describing the fundamental research related to sex discrimination and their field. It also contains accounts of sex discrimination cases, many of which relate to landmark contemporary incidents.