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Pierce, Norma F. – 1981
Studies have indicated that mature women maintain a permanent role identity along two dimensions, i.e., traditional women or nontraditional women. However, the lifeset of many mature adult women may be on the continuum between these two positions, i.e., in the position of "deferred achiever." The personality variables and sex-role orientations of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Females, Feminism, Higher Education
