Change and Stability in College Women's Orientations toward Education, Family, and Work

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The orientations of female college students toward education, family, and work were assessed in 1969 and 1973. Questionnaires revealed that in both years, the women were more strongly committed to the principles of sexual equality than they were to incorporating these principles into their own lives. Furthermore, although the women sampled in 1973 were markedly more feminist than those of 1969 in their general attitudes toward sexual equality, they were only slightly more feminist in their own personal plans and expectations. Commitment to marriage and motherhood was strong in both samples, but among those intending to combine marriage, motherhood, and a career, there was, in 1973, an increase in the percentage planning a “double-track” career-homemaking pattern and a reduction in the percentage planning to interrupt their careers for childrearing. The data suggest that these changes occurred both among women just entering college and among those who were on campus during this four year period.

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