Sex Segregation in Librarianship: Demographic and Career Patterns of Academic Library Administrators

by Betty Jo Irvine

This incisive work is a detailed examination of intraoccupational sex segregation in librarianship. Irvine examines the demographic and career characteristics of male and female library administrators. She explores why women have struggled so long for the status and recognition so easily achieved by their male counterparts. Included are data on the educational and occupational achievements of parents and spouses, the educational background of male...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313242607
• ISBN13: 9780313242601
• Release Date: June 1985
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"