Preface
Janice Fanning Madden

SECTION ONE: OVERVIEWS

The Long Road to the Fast Track: Career and Family
Claudia Goldin

Family-Friendly Workplace Reform: Prospects for Change
Amy Wax

Fast-Track Women and the “Choice” to Stay Home
Pamela Stone and Meg Lovejoy

SECTION TWO: WITHIN THE PROFESSIONS

Marriage and Baby Blues: Re-defining Gender Equity in the Academy
Mary Ann Mason and Marc Goulden

Overworked Faculty: Job Stresses and Family Demands
Jerry A. Jacobs and Sarah E. Winslow

The Mommy Track and Law Firm Partnership: Temporary Delay or Dead End?
Mary C. Noonan and Mary E. Corcoran

Mothers in Finance: Surviving and Thriving
Mary Blair-Loy and Amy S. Wharton

The Evolution of Gender and Motherhood in Contemporary Medicine
Ann Boulis

SECTION THREE: COMMENTS AND OTHER CONTEXTS

Mommies and Daddies on the Fast Track in Other Wealthy Nations
Gwen Moore

Elite Careers and Family Commitment: It’s (Still) about Gender
Scott Coltrane

Where We Are Now and Future Possibilities
Joyce Jacobsen

Policy Alternatives for Solving Work-Family Conflict
Heidi Hartmann

Book Review Essay: The Contemporary Myth of Choice
Rosanna Hertz

SECTION FOUR: QUICK READ SYNOPSIS