Elizabeth F. Fideler

Women Still at Work (eBook, ePUB)

Professionals Over Sixty and On the Job

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From Betty White to Toni Morrison, we're surrounded by examples of women working well past the traditional retirement age. In fact, the fastest growing segment of the workforce is women age sixty-five and older. Women Still at Work tells the everyday stories of hard-working women and the reasons they're still on the job, with a focus on women in the professional workforce. The book is filled with profiles of real women, working in settings from academia to drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers, from business to the arts, talking about the many reasons why they still work and the impact work has on their lives. Women Still at Work draws on national survey data and in-depth interviews, showing not only the big picture of older women advancing their careers despite tough economic conditions, but also providing the personal insights of everyday working women from all parts of the country. Their stories showcase some of the key themes women choose to stay at work-including job satisfaction, diminishing retirement savings, the need to support children or parents longer in life, exercising the hard-won right to work, and more. Women Still at Work shows employment to be a positive and rewarding part of life for many women well beyond the expected retirement age.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781442215528
• Artikelnr.: 37913779

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth F. Fideler received a doctorate of education in administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard University. She is a founding member of the Sloan Research Network on Aging & Work at Boston College. Fideler has written and presented extensively on aspects of the aging workforce. Her current focus is older women and men who choose to continue in the paid workforce beyond conventional retirement age. She is the author of many well-received books on this topic, including the recent Aging, Work, and Retirement.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Realities of Work and Aging in America
Chapter 3: Beyond Age Discrimination
Chapter 4: The Employment Situation for Adult Workers in the United States
Chapter 5: Over Sixty and On the Job
Chapter 6: Where Older Women Work
Chapter 7: Why Older Women Work
Chapter 8: Personal Challenges and Concerns
Chapter 9: And If There Is Time to Spare.
Chapter 10: Women Still at Work
Discussion Questions