This informative book is an update of The Report of the LEAA [Law Enforcement Assistance Administration] Task Force on Women, published in October ...

The path of women to achieve equal rights has been and remains a deeply uphill climb. The recent Martha Stewart case is a prime example of unfair t...

Although women and young girls have come a long way since the passage of Title IX some thirty four years ago, there is still a lot to do. The frame...

Twenty-five years ago, America was recovering from the double-dip recession of the 1980s and womens' roles in the labour force was beginning a mult...

This book includes a discussion of the impact of women in Congress as well as historical information, including the number and percentage of women ...

Women, obviously, constitute a significant portion of the population. Historically, though, they have been underrepresented in the halls of governm...

As more women serve in the military, the number of women veterans has grown substantially, doubling from 4 percent of all veterans in 1990 to 8 per...

This book documents the changes in women-owned businesses over time, explores disparities in the characteristics of businesses owned by women as co...

This is an innovative text using didactic information and case studies to address those issues that affect most of the worlds women. The first half...

This book presents materials on issues of particular interest to women including economic, societal, and personal.

Elderly women, who comprise a growing portion of the U.S. population, have historically been at greater risk of living in poverty than elderly men....

Farms and ranches operated by women have more than doubled in the last 30 years. Since 1978, the first year the Census of Agriculture collected dat...

Like all entrepreneurs, women business owners face many challenges in making their entrepreneurship dreams a reality. Some of the challenges faced ...

Wood is the most accessible and renewable material used by humankind during its history. Today, the consumption of wood exceeds all other known mat...

Wood as an engineering material can be technically defined "as a hygroscopic, orthotropic, biological, and permeable material having extreme chemic...

Wood utilisation research and product development spans a broad spectrum of activities. These activities fall into five categories: harvesting, woo...

Ecologically, a woodland is a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade. Woodlands may support an understo...

Forest and woodland ecosystems in the world serve important ecological functions and also contribute to the economic, aesthetic and spiritual healt...

While most biographers paint Woodrow Wilson as an uncompromising intellectual who failed to win America's entrance into the League of Nations, Mary...

The reasons why workers with disabilities continue to face the possibility of losing their jobs or being unable to return to the workforce are many...

Workers' compensation insurance covers nearly all workers in the U.S. and provides those who are injured or become ill as a result of work with med...

As the U.S. workforce has become increasingly diverse, many private- and public-sector entities recognise the importance of recruiting and retainin...

This book explores the Workforce Investment Act, which provides a combination of education and training services to prepare individuals for work an...

The economy is recovering from the recession, but employers are still having difficulty filling certain jobs. The Department of Labor's (DOL) Workf...