Family and Career Trajectories among African American Female Attorneys

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 908-933

  Blair Loy, Mary ^a   Dehart, Gretchen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Gender; Life course; Professionals; Race; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141596026     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X03255455     Document Type: Review

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