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| Title: | The Rise of a Female Professional Elite: The Case of Senegal |
| Author: | Barthel, Diane L. |
| Year: | 1975 |
| Periodical: | African Studies Review |
| Volume: | 18 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Period: | December |
| Pages: | 1-17 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Senegal |
| Subjects: | feminism female elite Women's Issues Labor and Employment |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/523717 |
| Abstract: | Although there is growing recognition of colonialism's pernicious effects on women's status in Africa, yet there is a highly visible elite of African women. The author argues that these women are indeed exceptions, that elite women sampled came from highly privileged family backgrounds in which the father was already involved in the colonial order. She also examines their motivations for acquiring higher education and - professional training and their opinions on topics related to colonialism, development, and women's status. Dakar was chosen as a research site because it was a center for education, with the Section des Sage Femmes of the Medical School (opened in 1922) and the Ecole Normale des Jeunes Filles at Rifisque (opened in 1938). Sections of the essay: Family background - Respondents' educational background - Work experience - Attitudinal questions. Notes; ref. |
