Two essays are presented, "The Changing Shape of Work: Psychosocial Trends in America," by Rosabeth Moss Kanter, and "Lives in Transition," by Ellen Goodman. In the first, several trends outlined include increasing participation of women and youths in the labor force, an increase in non-nuclear families, better jobs available to blacks combined…

The proceedings of a conference focusing on women and employment are presented. The keynote address by Marie Tarbell summarizes recent statistics describing women's position in the paid work force. She reports that women comprise 41% of the paid work force and can expect to work an average of 22.9 years. Despite their increasing participation,…

Papers collected in this volume were prepared for and presented at a conference designed to (1) develop improved information on the status of women as health care providers in the United States and selected countries and (2) provide for consideration by an international audience, strategies used in other countries to improve the status and…

These proceedings consist of 26 papers delivered at a conference devoted to research on the health and development of women. The focus of the conference was on women's health concerns, female development from infancy to womanhood, women and work, reproduction and giving birth, women and the family, sexuality, and the middle and later years.…