LEADER 03203nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910818977503321 005 20240418143351.0 010 $a0-19-537369-3 010 $a1-281-16255-8 010 $a0-19-804027-X 010 $a9786611162559 010 $a1-4356-1778-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000301358 035 $a(EBL)415554 035 $a(OCoLC)476243311 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000205873 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11174690 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000205873 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10214242 035 $a(PQKB)10195774 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000387144 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11245255 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000387144 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10400795 035 $a(PQKB)23529830 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000082816 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415554 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415554 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10212157 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL116255 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000301358 100 $a20061201d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMothers on the fast track $ehow a new generation can balance family and careers /$fMary Ann Mason and Eve Mason Ekman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (214 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-518267-7 311 $a0-19-994401-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [125]-136) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Do babies matter? Mothers on the fast track -- The "mother problem": up, out, or sidelined? -- The student years : eighteen to thirty-two -- The make-or-break years: thirty to forty -- Mothers' choices: staying the course, opting out, or dropping down -- The second tier -- Beyond the glass ceiling: forty to sixty-five and beyond -- Second chances for mothers on the fast track. 330 $aIn the past few decades the number of women entering graduate and professional schools has been going up and up, while the number of women reaching the top rung of the corporate and academic worlds has remained relatively stagnant. Why are so many women falling off the fast track? In this timely book, Mary Ann Mason traces the career paths of the first generation of ambitious women who started careers in academia, law, medicine, business, and the media in large numbers in the 1970's and '80's. Many women who had started families but continued working had ended up veering off the path to upper... 606 $aWorking mothers$zUnited States$vCase studies 606 $aMothers$xEmployment$zUnited States$vCase studies 606 $aWork and family$zUnited States$vCase studies 615 0$aWorking mothers 615 0$aMothers$xEmployment 615 0$aWork and family 676 $a306.874/3097309045 700 $aMason$b Mary Ann$01653372 701 $aEkman$b Eve Mason$01653373 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818977503321 996 $aMothers on the fast track$94004667 997 $aUNINA