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Show 188 Education, Training, and Employment of Women (BACHElOR'S DEGREES EARNED BY WOMEN, BY FIELD OF STUDY, JULY 1, 1963 JUNE 30, 1964J - earned by women in 1964 were considerably more concentrated in the field of education than were bachelor's degrees (59, and 43 percent, respectively) (table 91). The next percent largest proportion (18 percent) was in humanities and the arts, especially English and journalism. Neither the social sciences nor the basic and applied sciences were as popular at the second degree level as they were at the first degree level. Even though women earned only 32 percent of all master's degrees conferred in 1964, they still predominated in the fields of home eco nomics education, early childhood education, home economics, ele mentary eduoation, and library science. Moreover, they earned more than half of the degrees in speech correction, business and commercial education, foreign languages and literature, art education, and English and journalism. On the other hand, women earned less than 1 out of 10 degrees in business and commerce, economics, and the physical sciences. Doctor's degree8.-More women earned their doctor's degree in 1964 in the field of education than in any other, but the concentration (30 percent] was not as great as at the first and second degree levels |
