The Effects of Social Activism on the Occupational Experience, Locus of Control, and Well-Being of Black Midlife Women

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to address the confluence of social activism, occupational experience, and overall well-being in midlife Black college-educated women. The participants included 205 Black women who graduated from a historically Black university between the years of 1958 and 1968. This study of educated Black midlife women resulted in a number of suggestive findings. The structural equation model supported the relationship between social activism and occupational experience in this sample of women.