Date of Award

1974

Degree Name

Home Economics

College

College of Education

Document Type

Thesis

First Advisor

Martha Lee Blankenship

Second Advisor

Grace Bennett

Third Advisor

LeVene Olson

Abstract

Women constitute approximately one half of world wide human resources (Klein, 1965). In the United States 31.5 million women are economically active. It is predicted that by 1980 there will be 37 million women in the labor force (Women's Bureau, 1971). Automation, mechanization, technological inventions, and labor saving devices have provided women with increased opportunities for employment and at the same time have taken over many a activities previously performed by the family.

Blood (1965) contends that few social phenomena in the United States have undergone such rapid change as the postwar increase in the number of employed married women and mothers. According to Stein (1970) , women head more than one out of every ten families; yet in 1970, 33 percent of all families headed by a woman lived in poverty (Women's Bureau, 1972). The current work force participation of all women is 43 percent as compared with 23 percent in 1920.

Subject(s)

Women -- Employment -- United States

Career education -- Study and teaching (Secondary)

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