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The Status of Women in the Historical Profession, 2005

Table of Contents

Introduction

  • Overview: Generational Divides and the Reproduction of Discrimination

  • Issues

1. Work and Family

  • Maternity Leave/Tenure Timeline

  • Spousal/Partner Hiring

2. Formal Equality

  • Salary: Equal Pay for Equal Work

  • Time to Promotion

  • Minority Women in the Profession

  • Underemployment

3. Departmental Climate

  • Unequal Distribution of Service Commitments

  • Gendered Expectations

Conclusion

  • The Department Chair

  • Mentoring Faculty

Appendix A: Gender Equity in the Historical Profession: Survey of Women Faculty

Notes
Prepared for the Committee on Women Historians
by Elizabeth Lunbeck

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