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Title: From the Valley to the Summit: A Brief History of the Quiet Revolution that Transformed Women's Work
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1. Goldin, Claudia
From the Valley to the Summit: A Brief History of the Quiet Revolution that Transformed Women's Work
Regional Review 14,Q1 (2005): 5-12.
Also: http://www.bos.frb.org/economic/nerr/rr2005/q1/section1a.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79, Young Women
Publisher: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Keyword(s): Age at First Marriage; Career Patterns; Job Aspirations; Labor Force Participation; Women

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Throughout recorded history, individual women have reached summits, and their accomplishments have been touted as evidence that women could achieve greatness. But it has taken considerably longer for substantial numbers of women--more than a token few— to reach the peaks. Until recently, the vast majority of women--even college graduates--occupied the valleys, not the summits. They had jobs, not careers. The only reason we can have a meaningful discussion today about “women at the top” is because a quiet revolution took place about 30 years ago. It followed on the heels of a noisier revolution, although the quiet one had greater longrun impact. The revolution was accomplished by many who were unaware they were part of a grand transformation that would deeply affect women and their families for decades to come. They were the unwitting foot soldiers of an upheaval that transformed women's employment and the workforce.
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Goldin, Claudia. "From the Valley to the Summit: A Brief History of the Quiet Revolution that Transformed Women's Work." Regional Review 14,Q1 (2005): 5-12.