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Peer reviewedSchoener, Barbara – Journal of Optometric Education, 1979
Barriers to success for women in optometry are reviewed including social pressures discouraging women applicants, role conflicts, access to informal networks, and discriminatory feelings of faculty. A 1968 National Center for Health Statistics survey of practice patterns of women optometrists, female enrollment, and practice preferences of women…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Choice, Employment Patterns, Enrollment
