Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 184-195.

Women, work, and schooling / Rosemary Deem -- Socio-cultural reproduction and women's education / Madeleine MacDonald -- The importance of being Ernest, Emma, Tom, Jane / Katherine Clarricoates -- Studying girls at school / Mandy Llewellyn -- Black gi rls in a London comprehensive school / Mary Fuller -- Education and the individual / Jennifer Shaw -- Sex differences in mathematical performance / Gaby Weiner -- Sex differences in performance in science examinations / Jan Harding -- Into work, continuity and change / Teresa Keil and Peggy Newton -- Young women in the labour market / David Ashton and M. Maguire -- Women in higher education / Moira Griffiths -- How many women academics, 1912-76 / Margherita Rendel -- The experiences of women graduates in the labour market / Lynne Chisholm and Diana Woodward -- Women, school, and work / Rosemary Deem.