| This special edition
of the
Regional Review is based
on presentations made at
Reaching the Top: Challenges
and Opportunities for Women
Leaders, a conference sponsored
by the Federal Reserve Bank of
Boston on March 3, 2004. Articles are available as portable
document format (PDF) files.
Entire
issue 
(76 pages, 20 articles plus introduction and list of
participants, 2.4MB)
Contents
An Introduction
by Cathy E. Minehan
SECTION 1: Preparing for a
Career
SECTION 2:
Progress and Obstacles
SECTION 3:
Fair Play in Organizations
SECTION 4: Adding it Up
SECTION 5: Looking Ahead
List of Conference
Participants
SECTION 1: Preparing
for a Career
Women’s
Educational Attainment and Early Choices
Entire section (1.8MB) 
From the Valley to the
Summit:
A Brief History of the Quiet Revolution that
Transformed Women’s Work
by Claudia Goldin
Inspiring Girls to Be Strong, Smart,
and Bold:
Girls’ Organizations Change with the Times
by Marcia Brumit Kropf
Encouraging Women in Engineering, Math, and Science
by Ioannis Miaoulis
Teamwork on the Field and at
Work
by Paul F. Levy
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SECTION 2: Progress and Obstacles
Professional and Managerial Women in the Workplace
Entire section (4.5MB)
Choices and Changes:
Critical Moments in Careers and Families
by Joyce P. Jacobsen
Work and Leadership: Tests of Manhood
by Rosanna Hertz
Paying the Price:
How Family Choices Affect Career Outcomes
by Carrie Conaway
From Personal Experience:
Women Professionals at Midcareer
Where Does the Time
Go?
The Division of Household Labor
by Carrie Conaway
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Countering Stereotypes by Changing the Rules
Entire section (1.6MB)
Unconsciousness
Raising:
The Pernicious Effects of Unconscious Bias
by Barbara Reskin
Does Affirmative Action Work?
by Francine D. Blau and Anne E. Winkler
A Psychological
Effect of Stereotypes
by Carrie Conaway
Changing the Face of Consulting:
The Women’s Initiative at Deloitte & Touche
by V. Sue Molina
Milestones in Working
Women’s Legal
History
by Brad Hershbein
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SECTION 4: Adding it Up
Women’s Role in the Macroeconomy
Entire section (2.9MB)
Women’s Contribution
to Productivity:
Women Have Been Key in Raising the Nation’s Growth
Rate
by Kathryn Shaw
Spinning the Top:
Gender, Competition, and the Long-Run Optimum
by Nancy Folbre
Comments on “Spinning
the Top”
by Lisa
M. Lynch
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SECTION 5: Looking Ahead
Reaching the Top in
the Twenty-First Century
Entire section (3.8MB)
Women’s Rise- A Work in Progress:
Are Professional Women Opting Out?
Recent Evidence on College-Educated Women's Labor Force Participation
by Katharine
Bradbury and Jane Katz
Improving Opportunities
for Women:
Five Suggestions for Encouraging
Change
by Helen Frame Peters
The Hard Work Left to Do
Tackling Unfinished Business at Work and at Home
by Francene Rodgers
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