Women engineering graduates from the 1970s, 80s and 90s: Constraints and possibilities of a non-traditional career path

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 290-299

  Ingram, Sandra ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Faculty of Engineering   (Canada)

^c ASEE ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Industrial experience; Sociology; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645770239     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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