Monday- Non-map test
Tuesday- More non-map test
Wednesday- Talked about sexism and feminism. Got an assigned blog-> Chose a person who has impacted women rights. Do research, give good effort, include 2+ pictures, add sources. DUE WEDNESDAY!!!
Thursday-
Friday- Today we talked about woman suffrage
- Jeannette Rankin
- Worked to min suffrage in Washington
- Alice Paul
- Head of National Woman's Party
- Felt 19th amendment wasn't enough
- Pushed in an Equal Right Amendment
- Equal Rights Amendment
- Introduced in 1923
- Roaring 20's
- Good decade for woman's rights
- 19th amendment
- Flapper girls
- Going to college more
- Working more outside the home
- Margaret Sanger
- Founded the American Birth Control League (ABCL)
- Woman weren't able to control their bodies
- Movement educated woman about existing birth control methods
- Education
- 1928, woman were earning 39% of the college degrees
- It had risen from the original 19%
- 1928 Olympics
- First Olympics woman were allowed to compete
- Many arguments
- Historically incomplete
- Woman aren't to be hurt
- "Pink Collared" Jobs
- Gave woman a taste of the world
- Low paying service
- Made less money doing the same job
- Secretaries
- Teachers
- Telephone operators
- Nurses
- Why woman get paid less
- They stop or pause career to have children
- They go into job fields that pay less than men
- Go into stereotypical jobs, or it just different interest
- Not as aggressive asking for raises
- Maybe gender discrimination
- When will woman achieve equal pay?
- 2058
- Pay gap is worse for woman of color
- Woman face pay gap in nearly every occupation
- Pay gap grows with age
- More education is an effective tool for increased earning, pay gap still exist
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