Mothers on the Fast Track How a New Generation Can Balance Family and Careers

by Mason, Mary Ann; Ekman, Eve Mason

• ISBN13: 9780195182675
• ISBN10: 0195182677
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-06-18
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Along with her daughter, Mason has written a guide for young women who are facing the tough decision of when--and if--to start a family. The result is a roadmap of new choices for women facing the sobering question of how to balance a successful career with family.

Author Biography

Mary Ann Mason is the first woman to be appointed Graduate Dean at University of California, Berkeley. A former lawyer, she can speak from personal experience about the struggle to balance family responsibilities and a fast-track career. A national expert on child custody issues, Mason is author of From Father's Property to Children's Rights, The Custody Wars, and The Equality Trap.
Eve Mason Ekman is a medical social worker in the San Francisco County General Hospital Emergency room and also curates art exhibits locally and nationally. She has a Masters in Social Work from the University of California where she was the editor, founder and art director of an interdisciplinary publication between the schools of Journalism and Social Welfare.

Table of Contents

Introduction : do babies matter? : mothers on the fast track
The "mother problem" : up, out, or sidelined?	p. 1
The student years : eighteen to thirty-two	p. 9
The make-or-break years : thirty to forty	p. 24
Mothers' choices : staying the course, opting out, or dropping down	p. 49
The second tier	p. 67
Beyond the glass ceiling : forty to sixty-five and beyond	p. 90
Second chances for mothers on the fast track	p. 107
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