KNOW YOURSELF: Defining Your Personality, Passion and Motivation

Contemporary Fiction

The Ten Year Nap (2008), M. Wolitzer (2008)

The Radiant Way (1997), M. Drabble (1997)

The Nanny Diaries: A Novel, E. McLaughlin and N. Kraus (2007)

Third, a play by Wendy Wasserstein

Momzillas, Jill Kargman (2007)

Diary of a Mad Housewife, Sue Kaufman (1967)

The Mermaid Chair, Sue Monk Kidd (2005)

One True Thing, Anna Quindlen (1994)

The Golden Notebook, Doris Lessing (1962)

The Best of Everything, Rona Jaffe (1958)

Miss Alcott’s Email, Kit Bakke (2006)

Career Coaching/Counseling

One Person/Multiple Careers:  A New Model for Work/Life Success, M. Alboher (2007)

What Color is Your Parachute? 2008: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers, R. Bolles (2007)

What Color is your Parachute Workbook: How to Create A Picture of Your Ideal Job or Next Career, R. Bolles (2005)

I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It, B. Sher (1995)

The Art of Speed Reading People, Paul Tieger & Barbara Barron-Teiger (1998)

Pathfinder: How To Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success, Nicolas Lore (1998)

The Female Brain, L. Brizendine (2004)

Managing Your Mind:  The Mental Fitness Guide, G. Butler & T. Hope (1995)

The Thinker’s Way: 8 Steps to a Richer Life, J. Chaffee (1998)

How to Think Life Leonardo da Vinci, M. Gelb (1998)

The Wisdom of the Enneagram, D. Riso & R. Hudson (1999)

The Essential Enneagram, D. Daniels (2001)

The Fine Art of Small Talk, Debra Fine (2005)

Creating A Charmed Life, Victoria Moran (1999)

 

Typing and Personality Assessment

Myers-Briggs Personality Testing Online

www.knowyourtype.com

www.personalitypathways.com

www.discoveryourpersonality.com

www.personalitydesk.com

Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career For You Through Secrets of Personality Type, P. Tieger and B. Barron-Tieger (2007)

What Type of Leader Are You?, G. Lapid-Bogda (2007)

 

Success, Leadership and Motivation

The Eleven Commandments of Wildly Successful Women, P. Gilberd (1996)

Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life, S. Friedman (2008)

Built to Last, Jim Collins (2002)

Good to Great, Jim Collins (2001)

Coaching with Spirit: Allowing Success to Emerge, Teri-E Belf (2002)

7 Secrets for Building a Business that Has Value, Patricia Drain (2002)

Getting to Yet, R. Fisher & W. Ury (1981)

How to Sell Yourself:  Using Leadership, Likability and Luck to Succeed, Arch Lustberg (2008)

Character, America’s Search for Leadership, Gail Sheehy (1988)

The Success Principles ™: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

J. Canfield and J. Switzer (2006)

See Jane Lead: 99 Ways for Women to Take Charge at Work, L. Frankel (2007)

See Jane Win: The Rimm Report on How 1,000 Girls Became Successful Women,  L. Frankel (2001)

Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers, L. Frankel (2004)

Feel the Fear… and Do It Anyway (2006), S. Jeffers, Ph.D.

The 4-Hour Work Week, Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich, T. Ferris (2007)

Brag! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It, P. Klaus (2004)

For Teens and College Students

Firestarters: 100 Job Profiles to Inspire Young Women, K. Beatty (2006)

What Color is Your Parachute for Teens, R. Bolles  (2006)

How to Win Friends and Influence People for Teen Girls, Dale Carnegie (2005)

Lives of Extraordinary Women, Kathleen Krull (2000)

Women of Achievement, S. Raven & A. Weir (1981)

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, Sean Covey (1998)

Chicken Soup for the Soul, J. Canfield & M. Hansen (1993)

Meeting at the Crossroads:  The Landmark Book About the Turning Points in Girls’ and Women’s Lives, L. Brown & C. Gilligan (1992)

Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher (2005)

See Jane Win For Girls: A Smart Girl’s Guide to Success, S. Rimm (2003)

See Jane Win: The Rimm Report on How 1,000 Girls Became Successful Women, L. Frankel  (2001)

It’s Not the Glass Ceiling, It’s the Sticky Floor: And Other Things Daughters Should Know About Marriage, Work and Motherhood, K. Engberg, M.D. (1999)

Raising Financially Fit Kids, J. Godfrey (2003)

 

For Young Professionals and New Parents

Working and Parenting

The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Worst Paid,    A. Crittenden (2002)

The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much? L. Bennetts (2007)

See Jane Lead: 99 Ways for Women to Take Charge at Work, L. Frankel (2007)

Skirt! Rules for the Workplace, Kelly Love Johnson (2008)

Get to Work…And Get a Life, Before It’s Too Late, L. Hirshman (2007)

The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous and Broke, S. Orman (2007)

Ending the Gauntlet: Removing Barriers to Women’s Success in the Law, Lauren Stiller Rikleen (2006)

Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers, L. Frankel (2004)

It’s Not the Glass Ceiling, It’s the Sticky Floor: And Other Things Daughters Should Know About Marriage, Work and Motherhood, K. Engberg, M.D. (1999)

Generation NeXt Parenting: A Savvy Parent’s Guide to Getting it Right, T. Goyer (2006)

Parenting and Professing: Balancing Family Work with An Academic Career, R. Bassett (2005)

Remaking Motherhood: How Working Mothers are Shaping Our Children’s Future, Anita Shreve (1987)

The Second Shift, A. Hochschild (2003)

Smashing the Glass Ceiling, P. Heim and S. Golant (1993)

Parenting and Families

Know Your Parenting Personality, Janet Levine (2003)

Staying Home: From Full-Time Professional to Full-Time Parent, D. Sanders & M. Bullen (1999)

Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul and Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul 2, Jack Canfield et al. (2001)

Mothers Who Think, Camille Peri ed. (1999)

The Joys of Much Too Much, B. Fuller (2007)

Busy But Balanced: Practical and Inspirational Ways to Create a Calmer, Closer Family, Mimi Doe (2001)

To Hell With All That: Loving & Loathing Our Inner Housewife, Caitlin Flanagan (2006)

The Girlfriends’ Guide to Getting Your Groove Back, Vicki Iovine (2001)

The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families, Mary Pipher (1996)

 

Reinvent--Addressing Midlife

Sequencing: The Groundbreaking Book on Having It All, But Not all At Once, A. Cardozo (1986)

The Second Journey: The Road Back to Yourself, J. Andersen (2008)

A Weekend To Change Your Life: Find Your Authentic Self After a Lifetime of Being

All Things to All People, J. Andersen (2007)

Repotting: 10 Steps for Redesigning Your Life, D. Holman (2007)

Leap! What Will We Do With the Rest of Our Lives?, Sara Davidson (2007)

If You’ve Raised Kids, You Can Manage Anything, A. Crittenden (2004)

Feel the Fear… and Do It Anyway, S. Jeffers (2006)

Cool Women, Hot Jobs: And How You Can Go For It, Too! T. Schwager  & M. Schuerger (2002)

An Unfinished Marriage, Joan Anderson (2002)

A Year By The Sea, Joan Anderson (1999)

Late Bloomers: 75 Remarkable People Who Found Fame, Success & Joy in the Second Half of Their Lives, Brendan Gill (1996)

www.rethinkingretirement.com

 

KNOW YOUR PARAMETERS:

Inventory Your Life and Examine Your Work and Family Needs

 

Financial Literacy

Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny, S. Orman (2007)

The Road to Wealth, S. Orman (2008)

The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical & Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying, S. Orman (2006)

Smart Women Finish Rich: 9 Steps to Achieving Financial Security and Funding Your Dreams, D. Bach (2002)

Raising Financially Fit Kids, J. Godfrey (2003)

Skills Assessment

Time Management

Life Makeovers, Cheryl Richardson (2000)

The 4-Hour Workweek, Timothy Ferriss (2007)

The Tao of Time, D. Hunt & P. Hait (1991)

The Working Mother’s Guide to Life: Strategies, Secret and Solutions, L. Mason (2002)

Working Without Weaning: A Working Mother’s Guide to Breastfeeding, K. Berggren (2006)

The Working Mother Cookbook: Fast, Easy Recipes from the Editors of Working Mother Magazine (2000)

Management of Space and Stuff

Feng Shui: Step by Step, T. Simons (1996)

Feng Shui: The Chinese Art of Placement, S. Rossbach (1983)

Organizing From the Inside Out, Julie Morgenstern (1998)

The Simple Guide, Janet Luhrs (1997)

Computer Skills

Office 2007 All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies (2006)

Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft™ Office Powerpoint™ to Create Presentations

that Inform, Motivate and Inspire, C. Atkinson (2007)

Presenting Keynote: The Insider’s Guide to Creating Great Presentations, E. Holsinger (2003)

Creating Websites: The Missing Manual, M. MacDonald (2005)

Health and Personal Care

Spontaneous Healing, Andrew Weil (1995)

Minding the Body, Mending the Mind, Joan Borysenko (1987)

Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom, Christiane Northrup (2006)

Everywoman’s Health, D. Thompson MD ed. (1980)

Creating Health, Deepak Chopra (1987)

Grow Younger, Live Longer, Deepak Chopra (2001)

Perfect Health, Deepak Chopra (1991)

The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy Not Time, J. Loehr & T. Schwartz (2003)

 

Opting Out and Reentering --Leaving or Returning With a Plan

The Opt-Out Revolt: Why People are Leaving Companies and Creating Kaleidoscope Careers, L. Mainiero and S. Sullivan (2006)

Opting Out?: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home, P. Stone (2008)

Going Back to Work: A Survival Guide for Comeback Moms, M. Quigley (2004)

Cool Women, Hot Jobs: And How You Can Go For It, Too!, T. Schwager  & M. Schuerger (2002)

Sequencing: The Groundbreaking Book on Having It All But Not All at Once, Arlene Cardozo PhD (1986)

W2W Ventures, www.w2wventures.com, services for high-performing individuals during an absence from full-time work

For New Parents

The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Worst Paid, A. Crittenden (2002)

It’s Not the Glass Ceiling, It’s the Sticky Floor: And Other Things Daughters Should Know About Marriage, Work and Motherhood, K. Engberg (1999)

Misconceptions: Truth, Lies and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood, N. Wolf (2003)

Sequencing: The Groundbreaking Book on Having It All, But Not all At Once, A. Cardozo (1986)

The Third Shift, M. Kremen Bolton (2000)

The Mommy Wars: Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Children, Their Choices, Their Lives, Their Families, L. Steiner (2007)

The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars: Who Decides What Makes a Good Mother? M. Peskowitz (2005)

Get to Work…And Get a Life, Before It’s Too Late, L. Hirshman (2007)

Climbing the Corporate Ladder In High Heels, K. Archambea (2006)

Parenting and Professing: Balancing Family Work with An Academic Career, R. Bassett (2005)

Mommy Guilt: Learn to Worry Less, Focus on What Matters Most and Raise Happier Kids, J. Bort (2006)

Getting A Life: Stories, H. Simpson (2002),

The Hip Mama Survival Guide, A. Gore (1998)

The Mother Trip: Hip Mama’s Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos of Motherhood, A. Gore. And E. Forney (2000)

Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety, J. Warner (2006)

Working Mother Magazine, www.workingmother.com

 

Books About Moms and Nannies

The Nanny Diaries, Emma McLaughlin & Nocola Kraus (2002)

Searching for Mary Poppins: Women Write About the Relationship Between Mothers and Nannies, S. Davis and G. Hyams, eds. (2007)

And Nanny Makes Three: Mothers and Nannies Tell the Truth About Work, Love, Money and EachOther, J. Auerback (2007)

The Perfect Stranger: The Truth About Mothers and Nannies, L. Kaylin (2007)

How Serfdom Saved the Women’s Movement, Caitlin Flanagan, Atlantic Monthly, 3/2004

Global Woman, Nannies, Maids and Sex Workers in the New Economy, Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Hochschild (2003)

 

Motherhood and Parenting Communities

Babble, www.babble.com, magazine and online community for a new generation of parents

Flexibility Alliance, www.flexibilityalliance.org, motherhood community exploring career/family balance

Generation Mom, www.generationmom.com

Motherhood Confidential, www.motherhoodconfidential.com, online motherhood community

Mothers and More, www.mothersandmore.org, national non-profit with local motherhood communities

The Mothers’ Movement, www.themothersmovement.org

Mom Central Consulting, www.momcentralconsulting.com

Boston Mothers’ Groups

Parent Talk, www.parenttalk.info

Wellesley Mother’s Forum, www.wellesleymothersforum.com

Warmlines, www.warmlines.org

New England Mothers, www.nemothers.org

     advocates for and connect parents to family friendly employment

Los Angeles Area Mothers’ Groups

Southern California Valley Mommies, www.scavalleymommies.com

Mothers And More, www.mothersandmore.org, West Valley, Pasadena and other chapters

 

KNOW YOUR INDUSTRY: Resources for Balancing Work and Home

Alternate Work Structures: Part-time, Flex-time, Work from Home

The Savvy Part-time Professional: How to Land, Create or Negotiate the Part-time Job of Your Dreams (2006), L. Berger

The Parents’ Guide to Family Friendly Work: Finding the Balance Between Employment and Enjoyment, L. Long, Ph.D., www.familyfriendlywork.net

Flex Time: A Working Mother‘s Guide to Balancing Work and Family, J. Foley and S. Armstrong (2003)

The Work From Home Handbook: Flex Your Time, Improve Your Life, D. Fitzpatrick (2008)

The 4-Hour Work Week, Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich, T. Ferris (2007)

The Working Woman’s Legal Survival Guide, Steven M. Sack (1998)

“Eight Ways to Get Back in the Game After the Mommy Years,” S. Reistad-Long, Oprah, The Magazine, September 2007,                      http://www.oprah.com/magazine/200709/omag_200709_mommy.html

 “Your Money: How to Make Money At Home,” M. Hunt, Woman’s Day Magazine, September 1, 2007, http://womansday.com/money/123019/your-money

Online freelance work sites:

www.elance.com

www.guru.com

www.hotgigs.com

www.sologig.com

www.ifreelance.com

Women Entrepreneurs and Mom-preneurs

Mompreneurs: A Mother’s Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Work-at-Home Success, P. Cobe & E. Parlapiano (1996)

Trust Your Gut: How the Power of Intuition Can Grow Your Business, Lynn Robinson (2006)

Microtrends, Mark Penn (2007)

Work the Pond: Use the Power of Positive Networking, Darcy Rezac (2005)

The Entrepreneurial Parent, www.en-parent.com, helping entrepreneurs make a living and a life

Marketing to Moms, www.marketingtomoms.com, marketing organization for connecting with the mom market

Mom-preneurs Online, www.mompreneursonline.com, online community for women entrepreneurs

My Woman Owned Business, www.mywomanownedbusiness.com, online networking community for woman-owned businesses

Small Business Administration, www.sba.gov

California Small Business Development Center Network, www.lasbdcnet.lbcc.edu, seven SBDC offices serving Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties

U.S. Chamber of Commerce, www.uschamber.com

Women At Work Network, www.womenatworknetwork.com

 

Best Practices, Employers and Corporations

Working Mother Magazine, www.workingmother.com, magazine for career committed mothers

National Council for Research on Women, www.ncrw.org

Pathways and Progress, Corporations Best Practices to Shatter the Glass Ceiling, Women Employed (1996)

Educational Programs for Recertifying and Reentering The Workforce

National

National Association of Women Lawyers, programs at www.nawl.org

Detours & On-Ramps, regional conferences, http://www.onrampsforum.com/Conference.html

California

UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business

http://execdey.haas.berkeley.edu/ApplicationFiels/web/WEbFRame.cfm?web_id=714

University of California, Hastings College of Law, “Opting Back in Program’”

http://www.pardc.org/Optin/

New England

Bentley College

Bentley College Women’s Leadership Initiative, www.bentley.edu/wli

Harvard Business School

“A New Path: Setting New Professional Directions,” March 8-14, 2009,  a week-long program for professionals with experience who are considering a return to the workforce, or are now ready to recharge their careers or take their professional lives in a new direction, March 8-14, 2009. http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/path_alum/index.html

Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

“Back in Business: Invest in Your Return,” an 11-day program in three, separate modules aimed at returning professionals. http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/exec/targeted_audiences/back_in_business.html

New York Metropolitan Area

Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT

“Comeback Moms,” a day-long seminar, offered the past few years in the spring, check site for 2009 dates, http://www.fairfield.edu/pr_0307comeback.html

Pace University School of Law

“New Directions: Practical Skills for Returning to Law Practice,” http://www.pace.edu/page.cfm?doc_id=29130

Goldman Sachs

“New Directions,” occasional seminars sponsored by Goldman Sachs at its New York offices for different target audiences. Search www.goldmansachs.com for New Directions or Press Releases for next event.

Pennsylvania

Wharton School of Business

“UBS Career Comeback: A Fellowship Program for Professional Women Re-entering the Workforce,” program for professional women out of the workforce two to seven years. See website for future dates,

http://executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu/open-enrollment/leadership-development-programs/ubs- career-comeback-professional-women.cfm

Virginia and Washington, D.C.

University of Virginia's Darden School of Business

"Career Transition Workshop," January 14-16, 2009

 

Work/Life Balance

Striking a Balance: Work, Family, Life, R. Drago (2007)

Having It All…and Making It Work, D. Quinn Mills (2004)

What Happy Women Know, D. Baker (2007)

Learn to Balance Your Life:  A Practical Guide to Having It All, M. Heinz and J. Heinz (2004)

What’s Happening to Home: Balancing Work, Life and Refuge in the Information Age, M. Jackson (2002)

Seeking Joy: The Real Truth About Work/Life Balance—Women Corporate Executives Speak Out, (2003), R. Harper

Comfortable Chaos: Forget “Balance” and Make Career and Family Choices That Work for You,

C. S. Harvey, (2005)

Work + Life: Finding the Fit That’s Right For You, C. Williams Yost (2004)

When Mothers Work, J. Peters (1997)

 

Women’s Business/Enterprise and Networking Organizations

Catalyst, www.catlyst.org, research, advocacy, speakers and events to expand women in business

Center For Women’s Business Research, www.nfwbo.org, research and information for women owned businesses

Facebook.com

Financial Women International, www.fwi.org

Federally Employed Women, www.few.org

Linkedin.com

Metrowest Chamber of Commerce, Women’s Initiative, www.metrowest.org/networking/womens-initiative.htm

National Association of Women Business Owners, www.nawbo.org, promoting power and success of women’s businesses worldwide

Offrampsandonramps.org

Springboard Enterprises, www.springboardenterprises.org, dedicated to accelerating women’s access to equity markets

W2wlink.com

Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, www.wbenc.org, advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations and the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the U.S.

Women In Technology International, www.witi.com, news, career opportunities, articles and info to empower women through technology

Women In Networking Generating Success, (WA), www.womennetwork.com, regional networking organizaiton

WomenLead (CT), www.womenlead.org, regional business women’s networking organization

Boston Area

Babson College, Center for Women’s Leadership, www.babson.edu/cwl

Center for Women & Enterprise, www.cweboston.org,

     education, training, technical assistance, certification, and access to capital for women

Boston Club, www.thebostonclub.com,

     organization for high-achieving executive and professional women

Commonwealth Institute, www.commonwealthinsititute.org,

     organization helping women entrepreneurs and CEO's grow their companies,

Downtown Women’s Club (MA), www.dowtownwomensclub.com,

     Boston-based social and and business network for women professionals

Los Angeles Area

(coming soon)

Job Boards and Career Sites

Bullseyeresumes-careerreentry.blogspot.com, blog with career re-entry advice

Dream Jobs, www.dreamjobsinc.com (Texas)

Elance, www. elance.com, online freelance consultant connections

iRelaunch, www.irelaunch.com, online resources, job listings and educational opportunities

Flexperience, San Francisco Bay Area, www.flexperienceconsulting.com,

     San Francisco Bay area flexible employment consultant

Flex-time Lawyers, Philadelphia and New York, www.flextimelawyers.com

     national consulting firm advising corporations, law firms and attorneys on work/life 

     balance and the retention and promotion of women attorneys

Forte Foundation, www.fortefoundation.org, non-profit helping women at different career stages

Guru.com, www.guru.com, online freelance service marketplace

Hotgigs.com, www.hotgigs.com, online freelance community

Jobs and Moms, www.jobsandmoms.com, coaching site for re-engineering and re-entry

Jobs For Moms, www.jobsformoms.com, online job postings

MomCorps, Atlanta, Bethesda, www.momcorps.com,

     high level contract and part-time work from home for attorneys, CPAs, IT specialists 

     and other professionals

Monster.com, www.monster.com, online job board and resume posting

New Directions, www.newdirections.com

On-ramps.com, recruiting firm focused on flex-force opportunities

Quest for Balance, Seattle, www.questforbalance.com,

     recruiting, staffing work/life balance specialists

Round Peg Group, Alexandria Virgina,www.roundpeggroup.com, matching experienced consultants with dynamic businesses and flexibly work structures

Salary.com, www.salary.com, online salary wizard and career resources

Sologigs.com, www.sologigs.com, online consulting, contract, temp and freelance opportunities

10 Til 2, Denver, www.tentiltwo.com

     specializing in long-term part-time placement of college-educated professionals

Women@Work, www.womenatworknetwork.com

Women For Hire, www.womenforhire.com, career expo and career search services for women

Your On Ramp, www.youronramp.com, online resources for career re-entry

 

KNOW YOUR ALL: Finding and Maintaining Work/Family Balance

 

Working Parent Resources

Blue Suit Mom, www.bluesuitmom.com, online community for working mothers

Flexibility Alliance, www.flexibilityalliance.org, motherhood community exploring career/family balance

Programs for Working People, www.programsforworkingpeople.com

Work It, Mom, www.workitmom.com, online community and blogs for working women

Working Mother Magazine, www.workingmother.com

 

Professional Women’s Associations

American Association of University Women, www.aauw.org

American Medical Association, Women Physicians’ Congress, http://www.ama-assn.org/go/wpc

American Society of Women Accountants, www.aswa.org

Business and Professional Women/USA, www.bpwusa.org

College and University Work/Family Association, www.ncsu.edu

National Association of Schoolmasters’ Union of Women Teachers, www.nasuwt.org

National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations, www.ncwba.org

National Council of Women’s Organizations, www.womensorganizations.org

Pathbuilders, www.pathbuilders.com

Local Groups – New England

Boston Women In Finance, www.bostonwomeninfinance.org

Massachusetts Women’s Bar Association, www.womensbar.org

Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, www.wlala.org

 

Scaling Back: For Full-Time Professionals

Smart Women Don’t Retire, They Break Free, Gail Rentsch (2008)

Off-Ramps and On-Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success,  S. Hewlett (2007)

The Opt-Out Revolt: Why People are Leaving Companies and Creating Kaleidoscope Careers, L. Mainiero and S. Sullivan (2006),

Opting Out?: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home, P. Stone (2008)

Social Commentary and Perspectives:

The Feminine Mystique, B. Friedan (1963)

The Feminine Mistake, L. Bennetts (2007)

The Second Sex, S. de Beauvoir (1952)

The Second Stage (With a New Introduction by B. Friedan), S. de Beauvoir (1998)

The Mommy Wars: Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Children, Their Choices, Their Lives, Their Families, L. Morgan Steiner (2007)

Getting Even: Why Women Still Don’t Get Paid Like Men…And What to Do About It, E. Murphy (2006)

In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development, C. Gilligan (1982)

The Motherhood Manifesto: What America’s Moms Want—And What to Do About It, J. Blades (2006)

The F Word: Feminism in Jeopardy, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner (2004)

Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man, Susan Faludi (1999)

Backlash, Susan Faludi (1991)

The Politics of American Feminism: Gender Conflict in Contemporary Society, James T. Bennett (2008)

Management, Gender and Race in the 21st Century,  Margaret Foegen Karsten (2008)

The Evolution of Feminist Organizations, Diane Metzendorf (2008)

Gender and Families 2d ed., Scott Coltrane & Michele Adams (2008)

Sex Discrimination and the Law: History, Practice and Theory, B. Babcock, et al. (1996)

Sexuality, Gender and the Law, W. Eskridge & N. Hunter (2004)

Changing Rhythms of American Family Life, S. Bianchi Ph.D. et al. (2007)

A Mother’s Work: How Feminism, the Market and Policy Shape Family Life, N. Gilbert (2008)

The Time Divide: Work, Family and Gender Inequality, J. Jacobs (2005)

A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf (1929)

Anything We Love Can Be Saved, Alice Walker (1997)

Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2007)

Women Who Run With the Wolves, Clariss Pinkola Estes (1992)

The Education of a Woman:  The Life of Gloria Steinem, Carolyn Heilbrun (1995)

Mothers Need Time Outs Too, S. Callahan, et. al,, www.momstimeouts.com

"The Corporate Woman (A Special Report): Cover --- The Glass Ceiling: Why Women Can't Seem to Break The Invisible Barrier That Blocks Them From the Top Jobs," Hymowitz, Carol and Timothy D. Schellhardt.  The Wall Street Journal. March 24, 1986.

“Management and the New Facts of Life,” (the original mommy track article), F. Schwartz, Harvard Business Review, 1989

 

RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY

Organizations and Websites

A Better Balance, www.abetterbalance.org,

     advocacy on work/family balance policies

Alliance Work/Life Policy, www.awlp.org

     organization dedicated to advancing work-life as a business strategy integrating work,

     family and community

Association for Research on Mothering, York University, Canada, www.yorku.ca/arm

     community of researchers interested in the topic of mothering-motherhood

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, www.bls.gov, news, press releases, data bases

and reports on women in the labor force, compensation, work hours and structures

Center for American Women and Politics, www.cawp.rutgers.edu

Center for WorkLife Law, University California, Hastings, www.worklifelaw.org

     research and advocacy center that seeks to eliminate employment discrimination

     against mothers and other family caregivers

Center for Work-Life Policy (NY), www.worklifepolicy.org

     research and works with employers to design, promote, and implement workplace policies

     that  increase productivity and enhance personal/family well-being.

College and University Family/Work Association, www.cuwfa.org

     information and support on work/family issues within the higher education field

Equal Rights Advocates, www.equalrights.org

Forte Foundation, www.fortefoundation.org,

     non-profit helping women at different career stages

Institute for Women’s Policy Research, www.iwpr.org

National Council for Research on Women, www.ncrw.org,

     network more than 100 U.S. research, advocacy, and policy centers with resources on

     policies, and practices to build a more inclusive and equitable world for women and girls.

National Organization of Women, www.now.org, national feminist advocacy organization

Sloan Work/Family Research, Boston, Massachusetts, wfnetwork.bc.edu

     news, research and policy on work and family issues

Wharton Center for Leadership and Change, leadership.wharton.upenn.edu

    programs for women returning to business after a hiatus

The White House Project, www.thewhitehouseproject.org

Women Impacting Public Policy, www.wipp.org

Women’s Legal Defense Fund    

    www.dol.gov/esa/regs/fedreg/porposed/comments/wldf.htm

Work and Family Connection, www.workfamily.com

Working Mother Media/Working Mothers Smart Moms Council,

     www.workingmothermediainc.com

 

Legislation and Policy Resources

Equal Pay Act, 1963, 29 U.S.C. Section 206(d)

Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 USCA s. 2000 et. seq., codified as amended 1971, 1992

Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 USCA s. 2000 at s. 701(k) (1978)

Equal Pay Act of 1963, 29 USC s. 206 (1963)

Equal Rights Act of 1967, expired without ratification, 1982

Title IX of the Civil Rights Act, 1973, no sex discrimination in federally-funded  educational institutions

Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. Chapter 28

Family Leave and Medical Insurance Act, H.R. 5871, 2008

National Survey on Promotion and Retention of Women in Law Firms, National Association of Women Lawyers, November 2007,  http://www.abanet.org/nawl/docs/FINAL_survey_report_11-14-07.pdf

The Sexual Harassment Handbook, Linda Gordon Howard (2007)

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Women in the Labor Force Data Book and Highlights (2007), www.bls.gov

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), www.eeoc.gov

 

 

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