THE MORTICIAN'S DAUGHTER

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Title: THE MORTICIAN'S DAUGHTER.
Author: Farrell, Christopher
Add.Author / Editor: Farrell, Christopher
Citation: Business Week 6/16/2008 Issue 4088, p020-020
Year: 2008
Abstract: The article looks at the rise of women in the mortuary science profession. An overview of a National Funeral Directors Association study is given, showing a 71% rise in females in mortuary science school from 1996-2008. The rise in African American and Latino enrollment in mortuary school and the expected entry-level salary of mortuary students are also discussed.
Subject: UNITED States
UNITED States
UNDERTAKERS & undertaking
WOMEN -- Employment
AFRICAN Americans -- Employment
HISPANIC Americans -- Employment
WAGES -- Undertakers & undertaking
ISSN: 00077135
IDNumber: 812210
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Source: Business Week, 6/16/2008
Section: THE BUSINESS WEEK
BTW
THE MORTICIAN'S DAUGHTER
Women seem to be taking encouragement from Ben Franklin's quip that nothing is certain but death and taxes. More than half of accounting-degree graduates these days are female. And, according to a survey by the National Funeral Directors Assn., women make up 60% of students in mortuary science school--up 71% from 12 years ago. "It's societal," says Karen Giles, president of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. "This profession, along with others, has been opened up to women." With most of the nation's 21,000 funeral homes family-owned, Giles says, it helps that "fathers are now willing to turn to their daughters to take over the business."
The number of African American mortuary students also has risen in the last dozen years, from 21% to 27%, as has Latino enrollment (from 5% to 7%). What remains the same: Students say they expect to earn an entry-level salary of $38,000 annually , a fraction over the inflation-adjusted $36,700 they expected in 1995.
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By Christopher Farrell
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Source: Business Week
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