SLIGHTLY more than a decade has passed since the publica-

tion of Robert W. Smuts s study of Women and Work in

America. It is both necessary and desirable that this paper-

back edition carry a new preface. It is necessary so that

the reader can learn about the transformations in the role

of women in the labor market that have occurred since

the late 1950 s; it is desirable so that attention can be called

to some of the research that has been carried out since

then by the Conservation of Human Resources Project

at Columbia University to which Robert Smuts was at-

tached when he wrote his book, as well as to investiga-

tions carried out by others.

In 1966 and 1967 the Conservation Project published

Life Styles of Educated Women, by Eli Ginzberg et al.,

and Educated American Women: Self Portraits, by Ginz-

berg and Yohalem, Columbia University Press. The bibli-

ography in the former volume calls attention to the major

studies that appeared in the years following the appearance

of Smuts s work.