Based on interviews with 127 successful working women over half of them women of color what works for women at work presents a toolkit for getting ahead in todays workplace distilling over 35 years of research williams and dempsey offer four crisp patterns that affect working women prove it again the tightrope the maternal wall and the tug of war each represents different challenges and requires different strategieswhich is why women need to be savvier than men to survive and . The book analyses four crisp patterns that affect working women prove it again the tightrope the maternal wall and the tug of war each represents different challenges and requires different strategies the book weaves in stories from women and offers insight into overcoming these challenges the book doesnt flail from handling issues of conflict between women especially between single women and married with kids women and the different expectations of them and of each other. What works for women at work four patterns working women need to know ebook written by joan c williams rachel dempsey read this book using google play books app on your pc android ios devices download for offline reading highlight bookmark or take notes while you read what works for women at work four patterns working women need to know. Hat works for women at work four patterns working women need to know new york new york university press 2014 pp 365 2495 reviewed by naomi cahn and june carbone the equal pay act and title vii are 50 years old over those years women have made enormous strides in gaining access to higher education and the workplace the overall wage gap between men and women has narrowed. The simple fact is that office politics often benefits men over women based on interviews with 127 successful working women over half of them women of color what works for women at work presents a toolkit for getting ahead in todays workplace distilling over 35 years of research williams and dempsey offer four crisp patterns that affect working women prove it again the tightrope the maternal wall and the tug of war each represents different challenges and requires different