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“Sweeping The Heavens For A Comet”: Women, The Language Of Political Economy, And Higher Education In The Us

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The importance of increased levels of education in improving the status of women throughout the world is well established. Higher levels of education are associated with lower birth rates, higher incomes, and greater autonomy for women. Yet, women's struggle to have a voice in higher education has been fraught with difficulties in the US and worldwide, particularly in overcoming widely held perceptions that limit their entrance into certain academic fields, tenured positions, and elite universities. This essay examines the role political economy has played in providing narratives that rationalize women's limited participation in higher education. By examining the representation of women in the academic culture of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century US, we can perhaps better understand women's struggle to obtain an authoritative voice in higher education worldwide.

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  • Ann Mari May, 2006. "“Sweeping The Heavens For A Comet”: Women, The Language Of Political Economy, And Higher Education In The Us," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(4), pages 625-640.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:femeco:v:12:y:2006:i:4:p:625-640
    DOI: 10.1080/13545700600885321
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    2. Christina Jonung & Ann-Charlotte Ståhlberg, 2008. "Reaching the Top? On Gender Balance in the Economics Profession," Econ Journal Watch, Econ Journal Watch, vol. 5(2), pages 174-192, May.

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    Keywords

    Women; history of higher education; political economy; gender and science; JEL Codes: I23; B1; P16;
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    JEL classification:

    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • B1 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State

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