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Women are taking over the funeral industry

Original: Keeping Up Appearances – The women taking over the funeral industry

A Los Angeles Review of Books essay examines why mortuary science programs and the death care industry are increasingly dominated by women. The piece explores how women are reshaping funeral work, a field historically run by men, and what their growing presence means for how societies handle death, grief and dying.

Why now: A newly published review essay on the feminization of the funeral industry has drawn attention

Los Angeles Review of Booksfuneral industrymortuary science programs

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