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Relevant issues and concerns, as well as health problems of women from adolescence to mature years are covered. Physiological problems such as cancer, osteoporosis, infertilty and hypertension receive attention. Special chapters address health promotion and prevention, cultural diversity and social issues and provide information on the health status of women.

The authors of this volume present the outcomes of a major project aimed at empowering girls and young women in 14 developing countries. They discuss the young women's choices in life, set against the backdrop of family building, health, education, employment opportunities and the use of the Internet. They also compare the available statistics with the reality for these girls and young women. In doing so, this book displays two unique features. Firstly,...

Monograph on the history (1835-1975) of sex discrimination in educational opportunity and employment opportunity for woman worker physicians in the USA - covers the education of women in medicine, notably aspects of enrolment in higher education and women's rights, as well as occupational organization. Illustrations, references and statistical tables.

Balancing Act draws upon multiple census and survey sources to detail the shifting conditions under which women balance their roles as mothers, wives, and breadwinners. The authors show how women have made great strides in education, where female college enrollment now exceeds that of males, and in the workplace, where women now enter a wider variety of occupations and stay on the job longer than previous generations, even after becoming wives and...