Necessary dreams : ambition in women's changing lives
Analyzes the ambition of women based on case studies and the experiences of accomplished women and explores the ways in which women are conditioned to avoid recognition in favor of more traditional roles
xxi, 297 pages ; 24 cm
9780679442448, 0679442448
53038445
1. What is ambition?
2. Distorted ambitions
3. Avoiding attention
4. Femininity
5. Why is recognition so important for ambition?
6. Unequal rewards
7. Pseudo-recognition: historical and contemporary
8. Parents, mentors, institutions, and peers
9. Developing skills
10. Combining femininity and mastery
11. The current dilemma
12. Careers
13. Marriage
14. Children and careers