Cynthia Fuchs Epstein

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BIOGRAPHY

Distinguished Professor of Sociology, City University of New York. Coauthor of The Part-Time Paradox, Women in Law, and others. Her contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Gender and Society (2009) formed the basis of her contributions to Britannica.

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Mirra Komarovsky

Mirra Komarovsky was a Russian-born sociologist, one of the first to engage in theory and research on the cultural and structural barriers to women’s equality and to write about problems men and women face because of their designated roles in American society. Born in tsarist Russia to…

Publications (3)

Women in Law (2012)

By Cynthia Fuchs Epstein

Universally considered to be pathbreaking, landmark, original, and provocative since its first edition was published three decades ago, Women in Law continues to provide a sociological and historical analysis of the overt and subtle ceilings placed on women in the legal profession in their various roles. It is a foundational work for departments of gender studies, law, and sociology - but also reads as accessible and interesting to a general audience.

Adding a new foreword by Stanford's...

Encyclopedia of Gender and Society (2009)

By Jodi O'Brien

2009 RUSA Outstanding Reference
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2009

"Given both the interdisciplinarity of the field of gender scholarship and the immense significance of gender to both indviduals and societies, it is probably impossible to produce such a compendium. The editor, advisory team, and contributors are to be credited for tackling a project of such immense scope...O'Brien's commitment to the possibility of a more-informed discourse on the highly complex and nuanced...

The Part-time Paradox Time Norms, Professional Lives, Family, and Gender (1999)

By Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, Carroll Seron, Bonnie Oglensky, Robert Sauté

Using case studies of legal professionals, this book highlights not only the negative sides, but also the coping strategies utilised to overcome the part-time paradox.