Women’s return to school following the transition to motherhood

Social Forces

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1517-1551

  Bradburn, Ellen M ^a   Moen, Phyllis ^b   Dempster Mc Clain, Donna ^b  

^a Department of Business Administration and Economics   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER STUDIES; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POST-MOTHERHOOD SITUATION; RETURN TO SCHOOL; WOMEN'S ISSUE;

USA;

EID: 0029485741     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/73.4.1517     Document Type: Article

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