Some Advice for Overcoming Barriers to Women’s Achievement in Non-Traditional Occupations

Feminist Perspectives is a series of topical, provocative, issue-oriented papers and essays exploring many aspects of women’s experience and concerns.

The obstacles women encounter in non-traditional occupations can serve as barriers to women’s achievement in these areas. The publication examines women’s experiences in non-traditional jobs in order to try to understand the nature of the obstacles women encounter in these fields and the ways in which they deal with them.