Women's rates of education steadily increased throughout the 1900's, with significant ramifications for sex roles, labor force participation, and self-sufficiency. By the mid-1990's, women earned more than half of the awarded associate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees and almost two-fifths of the doctoral degrees. |
Janet Z. Giele is a Professor of Sociology in the Heller School for Social Welfare at Brandeis University. She focused on the field of women's movements in the 1900's. This Top 10 list celebrates a century of achievement for women and credits the contributions of a number of outstanding women, including Margaret Sanger, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Betty Friedan, and Naomi Wolf. Susan Schantz, a Graduate Research Assistant in the Heller School for Social Welfare at Brandeis University, assisted Professor Giele in developing the list. |