Girls' vocational choices showed a striking narrowness of outlook, with teaching, nursing, and stenography filling nearly the whole horizon and possibilities diminishing with age¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? The three professions of teaching, nursing, and stenography filled very nearly the whole horizon of vocational choice, and the variety of occupations named diminished as girls grew older. → Wheeler 1920

Evidence¶

Wheeler 1920¶

Wheeler, T. (1920). A Study of Certain Recreational Reading and Vocational Phases in the Lives of Young Girls. The Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol. XI, No. 9. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0064614

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Descriptive analysis of vocational preferences charted in Diagram 3 across the five age groups. The author reports "a striking narrowness of outlook" with three professions dominating, and notes younger girls named more varied home and miscellaneous occupations. No effect size is reported.

"The vocational chart shows a striking narrowness of outlook; the three professions of teaching, nursing and stenography filling very nearly the whole horizon."

Discussion¶

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