Women and Minorities in American Professions

Joyce Tang is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Queens College of the City University of New York. Earl Smith is Dean of the Division of Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology at Pacific Lutheran University.

"This is quite frankly an excellent anthology on a topic that has not been well studied, at least as systematically as in this book. It provides an excellent update to such works as Stromberg and Harkess' Women Working." — A. Gary Dworkin, University of Houston

• ForewordJENNIFER L. HOCHSCHILD1.  IntroductionJOYCE TANG AND EARL SMITH2.  Watching the Changes: Women in LawJOAN NORMAN SCOTT3.  Women in Computer Work: Controlled Progress in a Technical OccupationROSEMARY WRIGHT4.  Women Dentists: The Social Construction of a ProfessionDENNIS O. KALDENBERG, ANISA M. ZVONKOVIC, AND BORIS W.BECKER5.  Race and Ethnic Minorities and White Women in Management: Changes and ChallengesNANCY DITOMASO AND STEVEN A. SMITH6.  Social Work: The Status of Women in a "Female Profession"LESLIE LEIGHNINGER7.  Serving Our Country: African American Women and Men in the U.S. MilitaryEARL SMITH8.  Native Americans in Higher EducationALLAN LISKA9.  Medical School Faculty Then and NowJOYCE TANG10.  ConclusionEARL SMITH AND JOYCE TANGContributorsIndex