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Plan to be a mom? Consider where to take a job.(IN HER OWN WORDS)

Women in Higher Education

| December 01, 2004 | Thornton, Saranna | COPYRIGHT 2004 Women in Higher Education. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

I am in the unusual position of being a tenured female economics professor with four children. I had my first baby three years after completing my PhD, the next a few years later, the third during the year of my tenure decision, and the fourth two years after that. As a result I developed a personal interest in pregnancy discrimination and began to study work/family policies in higher education. Here is what I have learned.

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Prior to the late 1970s, more than 90% of full-time faculty members in the United States were men, who had negotiated for benefits and work environments to shape the workplace to meet their needs. The husbands ...

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