The Seasons of a Woman's Life

Description

1. The Study of Women's Lives -- 2. The Human Life Cycle: Eras and Developmental Periods -- 3. The Significance of Gender in Women's Lives -- 4. Adolescent Life Structure: Homemakers -- 5. Early Adult Transition: Homemakers -- 6. Entry Life Structure for Early Adulthood: Homemakers -- 7. Age 30 Transition: Homemakers -- 8. Culminating Life Structure for Early Adulthood: Homemakers -- 9. Mid-life Transition: Homemakers -- 10. Adolescent Life Structure: Career Women -- 11. Early Adult Transition: Career Women -- 12. Entry Life Structure for Early Adulthood: Career Women -- 13. Age 30 Transition: Career Women -- 14. Culminating Life Structure for Early Adulthood: Career Women -- 15. Mid-life Transition: Career Women -- 16. Concluding Thoughts: Adult Development, Gender, and Historical Change.;Firmly grounded in scientific research, this book reveals that women follow a predictable developmental course through adulthood. Work and marriage relationships, personal crisis, emotional states, and behavior can all be related to this grand pattern. But in the case of women, the situation is made far more complicated by gender biases. From the Hardcover edition.