Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences was first conceived, published, SIld disseminated by the Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis (CINDAS) * at Purdue University in 1957, starting its coverage of theses with the academic year 1955. Beginning with Volume 13, the printing and dissemination phases of the activity were transferred to University Microfilms/Xerox of Ann Arbor, Michigan, with the thought that such an arrangement would be more beneficial to the academic and general scientific and technical community. After five years of this joint undertaking we had concluded that it was in the interest of all con cerned if the printing and distribution of the volumes were handled by an interna and broader dissemination. tional publishing house to assure improved service Hence, starting with Volume 18, Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences has been disseminated on a worldwide basis by Plenum Publishing Cor poration of New York, and in the same year the coverage was broadened to include Canadian universities. All back issues can also be ordered from Plenum. We have reported in Volume 30 (thesis year 1985) a total of 12,400 theses titles from 26 Canadian and 186 United States universities. We are sure that this broader base for these titles reported will greatly enhance the value of this important annual reference work.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- List of Exhibits -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. IDENTIFYING THE UNSHELTERED WOMAN AND HER NEEDS -- 1. Living Arrangements in the 1980s -- 2. The Unsheltered Woman: Definition and Needs -- 3. Female-Headed Families in New York City -- 4. The Elderly in New York City: Demographic Characteristics -- 5. Executive Women: Results of the Savvy Survey -- 6. Housing Preferences: Changes and Patterns -- 7. Working Women: The Denver Experience -- 8. Highrise Family Living in New York City -- II . PLANNING FOR THE UNSHELTERED WOMAN -- 9. Women's Aspirations and the Home: Episodes in American Feminist Reform -- 10. Designs from the Past for the Future -- 11. The Shelter-Service Crisis and Single Parents -- 12. Neighborhood Women Look at Housing -- 13. A Single Room: Housing for the Low-Income Single Person -- 14. Shared Housing: Its Rationale, Forms, and Challenges -- 15. The Elderly and Their Housing Needs: The Lenox Hill Neighborhood Association -- 16. Four Rehabilitation Projects for Urban Households -- III . IMPLEMENTING PLANS FOR HOUSING THE UNSHELTERED WOMAN -- 17. Theory and Practice of Housing Development: Changing the Physical Environment of Our Lives -- 18. Barriers to Architectural Innovation: The Case of Two Bridges -- 19. The Affordable Option: Charlotte Street Manufactured Housing -- 20. New Financing Programs for Housing -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. The Unsheltered Woman: Summary of Gender-Related Housing Problems in America -- B. The Unsheltered Woman: Summary of Gender-Related Housing Problems in New York City -- Selected Bibliography -- Index