"How can we assure that non-college-educated women get a fair crack at good jobs? Sharon Mastracci makes the case for effective training to break patterns of discrimination and to provide women with the skills they actually need. This is a very smart book on an important topic." - James K. Galbraith, The University of Texas at Austin; "This book will be of interest to policy makers, as well as to the job training community and working women. It will be a useful text for courses in labor economics, the sociology of work, women and work, women's studies, and the interdisciplinary courses in public policy. There has not been a new publication on women and job training in several years. Sharon Mastracci will make a timely contribution to the policy debates and her book will be a welcome addition to the research literature." - Brigid O'Farrell, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Stanford University"

• Chapter 1 Pathways Out of the Pink-Collar Ghetto; Chapter 2 Training Policy and Alternative Career Paths; Chapter 3 A Pattern of Decline and Its Ramifications; Chapter 4 Past and Current Alternative Programs; Chapter 5 A Little Goes a Long Way; Chapter 6 Nuts and Bolts I; Chapter 7 Nuts and Bolts II; Chapter 8 A Call for Action;

"How can we assure that non-college-educated women get a fair crack at good jobs? Sharon Mastracci makes the case for effective training to break patterns of discrimination and to provide women with the skills they actually need. This is a very smart book on an important topic." - James K. Galbraith, The University of Texas at Austin; "This book will be of interest to policy makers, as well as to the job training community and working women. It will be a useful text for courses in labor economics, the sociology of work, women and work, women's studies, and the interdisciplinary courses in public policy. There has not been a new publication on women and job training in several years. Sharon Mastracci will make a timely contribution to the policy debates and her book will be a welcome addition to the research literature." - Brigid O'Farrell, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Stanford University"

• Chapter 1 Pathways Out of the Pink-Collar Ghetto; Chapter 2 Training Policy and Alternative Career Paths; Chapter 3 A Pattern of Decline and Its Ramifications; Chapter 4 Past and Current Alternative Programs; Chapter 5 A Little Goes a Long Way; Chapter 6 Nuts and Bolts I; Chapter 7 Nuts and Bolts II; Chapter 8 A Call for Action;