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Using a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives, the authors of this collection discuss womens power within the various sociocultural contexts in which women operatesuch as the workplace, the family, and other interpersonal relationshipsand the differential nature of womens power and influence over their life course. Personality characteristics associated with mastery and influence are examined, as are the limitations imposed by societal norms and expectations. Finally, the authors discuss the development of theories about womens power and suggest ways in which womens rolesand consequently, womens influenceare changing as new societal values evolve.
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The AAAS Selected Symposia Series was begun in 1977 to provide a means for more permanently recording and more widely disseminating some of the valuable material which is discussed at the AAAS Annual National Meetings. The volumes in this Series are based on symposia held at the Meetings which address topics of current and continuing significance, both within and among the sciences, and in the areas in which science and technology impact on public policy. The Series format is designed to provide for rapid dissemination of information, so the papers are not typeset but are reproduced directly from the camera-copy submitted by the authors. The papers are organized and edited by the symposium arrangers who then become the editors of the various volumes. Most papers published in this Series are original contributions which have not been previously published, although in some cases additional papers from other sources have been added by an editor to provide a more comprehensive view of a particular topic. Symposia may be reports of new research or reviews of established work, particularly work of an interdisciplinary nature, since the AAAS Annual Meetings typically embrace the full range of the sciences and their societal implications.
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Liesa Stamm is a planner and director of evaluations at the Community Council of the Capitol Region in Hartford, Connecticut. She also works with the Womens Research Institute at Hartford College for Women. A specialist in sociocultural anthropology, she has written on womens roles in cross - cultural perspective, gender roles in North Africa and the Middle East, womens power, and ageroles and life course effects.
Carol D. Ryff, assistant professor of psychology at Fordham University, specializes in life-span developmental psychology. She has written numerous articles on selfperceived personality change, the relationship between life stresses and personality development, and the meaning of personal development in the second half of life.
Rosalind C. Barnett is research associate at the Center for Research on Women at Wellesley College. Her specialties are clinical psychology and adult development . She is coauthor of The Competent Woman (with G.K. Baruch; Irvington/Halsted, 1978) , Beyond Sugar and Spice (with G.K. Baruch and C. Riversj Ballantine, 1981), and Lifeprints: New Patterns of Love and Work for Todays Women (with G.K. Baruch and C. Rivers; McGraw-Hill, 1983).
Grace K. Baruch, a specialist in developmental psychology, directs the Stress and Adult Development Program at the Center for Research on Women at Wellesley College. She is co-author of The Competent Woman (with R.C. Barnett; Irving ton/Halsted, 1978) , Beyond Sugar and Spice (with R.C. Barnett and C. Rivers; Ballantine, 1981) and Lifeprints: New Patterns of Love and Work for Todays Women (with R.C. Barnett and C. Rivers; McGraw-Hill, 1983). She is also co-editor with J. Brooks-Gunn of Women in Midlife (Plenum, 1984).
Janet Zollinger Giele, associate professor of sociology at Brandeis University, has written numerous articles on the changing roles of men and women, the changing structure of the family, and the sociology of aging. Her books include Women: Roles and Status in Eight Countries (edited with A. Smock; Wiley, 1977) , Women and the Future: Changing Sex Roles in Modern America (Free Press, 1978), and Women in the Middle Years: Current Knowledge and Directions for Research and Policy (Wiley, 1982).
Evelyn Nakano Glenn is assistant professor of sociology at Boston University. Her specialties are political economy of womens work, technology and the labor process, and race and gender stratification, and she has written numerous articles on clerical work, office automation, and work rationalization. She is presently writing a book on Japanese American women and domestic service.
Gunhild O. Hagestad, a sociologist, is assistant professor in individual and family studies at Pennsylvania State University. In fall 1983, she was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Social Research in Oslo, Norway. Her area of specialization is intergenerational relations and she is a contributing author to Aging: Stability and Change in the Family (edited by R. Fogel; Academic, 1981). Her current work on multigenerate families is supported by a Research Career Development Award from the National Institute on Aging.
Julianne Marie Malveaux, assistant professor of economics at San Francisco State University, specializes in labor, urban, and fiscal economics, especially as related to minorities and women in the workplace. Her research focuses on the employment status of blacks, youth, and women in the labor market. She is a contributing author to Black Women in the Labor Force (edited by P.A. Wallace; MIT Press, 1980) and Women in the Workplace (edited by P.A. Wallace; Auburn House, 1982).
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