Full Citation

Title: From the Valley to the Summit: A Brief History of the Quiet Revolution that Transformed Women's Work

Citation Type: Miscellaneous

Publication Year: 2005

ISBN:

ISSN:

DOI:

NSFID:

PMCID:

PMID:

Abstract: Throughout recorded history, individual women have reached summits, and their accomplishments have been touted as evidence that women could achieve greatness. But it has taken considerably longer for substantial numbers of women—more than a token few— to reach the peaks. Until recently, the vast majority of women—even college graduates—occupied the valleys, not the summits. They had jobs, not careers. The only reason we can have a meaningful discussion today about “women at the top” is because a quiet revolution took place about 30 years ago. It followed on the heels

Url: https://ideas.repec.org/a/fip/fedbrr/y2005iq1p5-12.html

User Submitted?: No

Authors: Goldin, Claudia

Publisher: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS

Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

Countries: