The Status of Women Librarians

Phenix, Katharine

doi:10.2307/3346187

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“…A major difference in the experience of men and women in nontraditional occupations is that men in these situations are far more likely to be supervised by a member of their own sex. In each of the four professions I studied, men are overrepresented in administrative and managerial capacities, or, as is the case of nursing, their positions in the organizational hierarchy are governed by men (Grimm and Stern 1974;Phenix 1987;Schmuck 1987;Williams 1989;York, Henley and Gamble 1987). Thus, unlike women who enter "male fields," the men in these professions often work under the direct supervision of other men.…”

Section: Supervisors and Colleagues: The Working Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female" Professions

1992

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This paper addresses men's underrepresentation in four predominantly female professions: nursing, elementary school teaching, librarianship, and social work. Specifically, it examines the degree to which discrimination disadvantages men in hiring and promotion decisions, the work place culture, and in interactions with clients. In-depth interviews were conducted with 99 men and women in these professions in four major U.S. cities. The interview data suggest that men do not face discrimination in these occupations; however, they do encounter prejudice from individuals outside their professions. In contrast to the experience of women who enter male-dominated professions, men generally encounter structural advantages in these occupations which tend to enhance their careers. Because men face different barriers to integrating nontraditional occupations than women face, the need for different remedies to dismantle segregation in predominantly female jobs is emphasized.

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Section: Supervisors and Colleagues: The Working Environmentmentioning

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The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female" Professions

1992

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“…The presence of women in American librarianship was more advanced than in Britain: they fulfilled 20 per cent of positions by 1870 and 75 per cent by 1900. 27 In Britain, women librarians continued to be a small minority for many years; in 1900, only used. She hoped to remove the picture plates from these books, along with any necessary text, and issue these to 'artisans and others who may express a wish to have such parts'.…”

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confidence: 99%

'Too high an ideal for the work required'? Minnie James and the Intellectual Life of the Librarian

Sakr

2011

Library & Information History

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The relationship between the librarian and the intellectual is a complex one; it depends on time and place, and is mediated by the social status of both parties. Using the life and writings of Minnie Stewart Rhodes James , one of the first women to enter British librarianship, this article explores the extent to which the feminization of librarianship at the turn of the twentieth century was responsible for the de-intellectualization of the profession. It also offers a means of exploring the relationship between images of the woman, the intellectual, and the librarian, a relationship that was at the centre of both international debates and individuals' lives. In this article, James's earlier writings on women librarians and their intellectual contribution (or lack thereof) will be compared with the intellectual, social, and economic equality she later espoused. These ideals were influenced by her experiences of travel, her decision to settle in the USA, and the friendships she built with librarians around the world; they demonstrate the importance of national context and international influences when considering the role of gender in the construction of archetypes and images in librarianship.

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“…The job satisfaction of librarians by comparing men's and women's job satisfaction has attracted attention in the past (Wahba, 1975). 2 (Phenix, 1987) 3 studied the state of women's libraries in the United States by comparing 1980 census data from 136,000 libraries in the United States and finding that 84.6 percent were women librarians. (Maack,1983) 4 talked about the rise and contributions of women librarians in France while discussing the developments that took place in the USA for two centuries.…”

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Reflections and Contemplations of Women professionals Contributions

Awasthi

Sukula

2021

DESIDOC Jl. Lib. Info. Technol.

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Literary history and libraries’ progress are evident of women professionals’ contributions. Since the beginning, women professionals’ roles and responsibilities in different capacities have been quite phenomenal. The present study highlights the contributions published in the Journal of Documentation for the period 2015-2019. It attempts to study the variations existing in research output from a gender perspective and a brief review of women professionals’ journey and job-related aspects from traditional to contemporary times. The information is collected from the Journal of Documentation (JoD). The study focuses on the year-wise distribution of articles and authors, collaboration patterns among the gender, authorship pattern, geographical distribution, the annual growth rate of female contributors, and average productivity of male and female authors per article. The findings revealed that the annual growth rate of the female contributors was 28.6 in 2019. The male author’s average productivity per article is 1.23, and 1.12 is the female contributors’ average productivity per paper. The study is beneficial in understanding the women’s contributions in international journals, and it has also revealed that the publication gap is not huge. Still, it is minimal except in a few circumstances.

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The Status of Women Librarians

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female" Professions

The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female" Professions

'Too high an ideal for the work required'? Minnie James and the Intellectual Life of the Librarian

Reflections and Contemplations of Women professionals Contributions

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