women and work
I hate the false dichotomy above, which comes from this interview with the food writer Anya von Bremzen about her new book on national dishes, which includes a chapter on.
I've stated this before, but the late 60s and 70s are full of things that almost became law, did not, and then were just dropped from the progressive agenda. Among.
On March 14, 1895, the Illinois Supreme Court rejected the state's eight hour law for women in Ritchie v. The People of the State of Illinois. It was another in.
Being a woman in the building trades is not easy. This is the center of a very masculine work environment, with all that means. I've known women who tried to.
On February 27, 1937, women working in a Detroit Woolworth's started a sit-down strike. This lesser-known but critically important action is one of the greatest of the sit-down strikes of.
On December 16, 1977, eight women bank workers at Citizens National Bank in Willmar, Minnesota went on strike, charging sex discrimination they faced on the job. The Willmar 8 would.
On June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act. This was the most important piece of legislation on the long road to pay equality by gender,.
As usual, the problem with women in the economy comes back to sexism, both in and out of the home. In March 2020, unemployment rates for men and women age 16 and.