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Book Reviews: The Feminist Legacy of Karen Horney. By Marcia Westkott. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1986. 288 pp., $20.00

Book Reviews: The Feminist Legacy of Karen Horney. By Marcia Westkott. New Haven, Connecticut:... internal of and in the subtle and overt feelings inadequacy confronting external forces of opposition. In the on the role of education in the com- chapter change, promoting of this issue was well outlined. Half the workers who were plexity factory interviewed had a school Those who did not have high diploma. diplomas were in or The office workers who had service, craft, factory jobs. diplo- mas than did not. The were not more the workers who paid factory of as were such in the education were discrepancies quality explored, barriers the failure to test and as skills, inadequate English-language assess and sex-role in which the women were learning, stereotyping factors trained for female Other traditionally occupations. intervening were racial and sexual discrimination. The last section the book addressed the macro-level issues that affect of women. A model was described that took low-income training program the and of the The women into account personal political pieces struggle. that a successful must include &dquo;attitudinal thought training program skills education, change, general job acquisition, job training, placement and the of creation assistance, services, support support groups during and after placement.&dquo; In a women’s Stolz described the women’s model movement, discussing the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work SAGE

Book Reviews: The Feminist Legacy of Karen Horney. By Marcia Westkott. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1986. 288 pp., $20.00

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internal of and in the subtle and overt feelings inadequacy confronting external forces of opposition. In the on the role of education in the com- chapter change, promoting of this issue was well outlined. Half the workers who were plexity factory interviewed had a school Those who did not have high diploma. diplomas were in or The office workers who had service, craft, factory jobs. diplo- mas than did not. The were not more the workers who paid factory of as were such in the education were discrepancies quality explored, barriers the failure to test and as skills, inadequate English-language assess and sex-role in which the women were learning, stereotyping factors trained for female Other traditionally occupations. intervening were racial and sexual discrimination. The last section the book addressed the macro-level issues that affect of women. A model was described that took low-income training program the and of the The women into account personal political pieces struggle. that a successful must include &dquo;attitudinal thought training program skills education, change, general job acquisition, job training, placement and the of creation assistance, services, support support groups during and after placement.&dquo; In a women’s Stolz described the women’s model movement, discussing the

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Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work – SAGE

Published: Jun 1, 1987

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