Background
Dinnerstein, Myra was born on April 19, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Ben and Kathryn (Sharp) Rosenberg.
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Myra Dinnerstein examines the choices and compromises of a generation of women who came of age after World War II. Her in-depth study traces the experiences of twenty-two middle-class women from childhood to adulthood and their evolution from traditional wives and mothers to career women at midlife. Her richly detailed interviews explore the tensions of combining work, marriage, and family life and remind us of the significance of one's social and personal context with respect to the ability to make satisfying choices. Middle-class women born between 1936 and 1944 have been split between two worlds. As they were growing up, traditional expectations and limited opportunities seemed to make marriage and motherhood inevitable choices. When they reached their thirties, the Women's Movement and expanding opportunities in the workplace presented options for them that had not been available to their mothers. Now it was considered appropriate for women to have ambitions and to act on them and the women described in this book were among those who did. Myra Dinnerstein is Research Professor and founding Director of Women's Studies at the University of Arizona. She is co-editor of "Changing Our Minds: Feminist Transformations of Knowledge".
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Dinnerstein, Myra was born on April 19, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Ben and Kathryn (Sharp) Rosenberg.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Pennsylvania, 1956. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1963, Doctor of Philosophy, 1971. Association editor Encyclopedia Yearbook, Grolier Public Company.
New York City, 1960-1963.
Director women"s studies U. Arizona, Tucson, 1975-1989, director Southwest Institute for Research on Women, 1979-1989. Member Arizona Council on Humanities, Phoenix, 1975-1980, 83-87, research professor women"s studies, 1989.
Arizona state coordinator American Council on Education, Washington, 1978-1980. Director National Council for Research on Women, New York City, 1982-1988.
Associate editor Encyclopedia Yearbook, Grolier Public Company, New York City, 1960—1963. Director women's studies University Arizona, Tucson, 1975—1989. Director Southwest Institute Research Women, 1979—1989.
Member Arizona Council Humanities, Phoenix, 1975—1980, 1983—1987, research professor women's studies, since 1989. Coordinator American Council Education, Washington, 1978—1980. Director National Council Research Women, New York City, 1982—1988.
(Myra Dinnerstein examines the choices and compromises of ...)
President national advisory board New Directions Young Women, Tucson, 1981. Member of American History Association, National Women's Studies Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Leonard Dinnerstein, August 20, 1961. Children: Andrew, Julie.