Gender roles and the American academe: A case study of graduate student mothers

Gender and Education

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 585-605

  Lynch, Karen Danna ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Graduate students; Identity; Motherhood; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 54549107857     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250802213099     Document Type: Article

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