March 30- April 3

Monday- Gender rules, and women history

Tuesday-Class Quiz

Wednesday-April Fools Day, Blogs

Thursday-Early out, Blogs

Friday-No School

Women History

Iowa
- Pay
  - Gender
    - Men 45,000
    - Women 35,000
    - Men get 10,000 more than women
  - Race
    - Within there race women of different race get paid better
FDR
- FDR's Wife
  - Was huge in the push for equal rights during the great depression
Women in WWII
- Started working in factories
- Women did both men and women jobs
After 1950's
- Women were expected, and believed to go back to the home.
  - Homemakers
  - Young Brides
  - Mothers
  - Supporting their men
  - Loved new appliances
Later 1950's
- Women liked staying at home
- 60% of women dropped out of school and married
1960
- Women didn't like the images on media that made them look like they loved being at home
Equal Pay Act 1963
- Abolished wage differences between genders.
The Civil Rights Act
- Banned discrimination of color and gender
NOW(national organization for women)
- Founded in 1966
- Betty Friedan became the organizations first president
- Goal is to get quality for women
- Things they would work against
  - Get rid of "oh honey"
  - Support women's control on abortion
  - Go against discrimination of gays
- Changes that are in act now
  - More women attend college
  - More women go into professions
  - More women reproductive freedom
  - Worked against discrimination of gays
- Title IX
  - Gave equivalents for sports
1980
- 51% of women had jobs out the home
  - Includes 60% of women with children
- Inequalities of pay
1990
- 1993
  - FMLA
    - entitles eligible employees to take unpaid job protected pay leave.
  - 12 month leave
    - For young child
    - Injured Spouse

- 1994
  - Gender Equality for Education Act was made for genders to be able to do any job
- 1997
  - Title IX makes college cut teams so they have equal sports for genders.
2000-present
- 2009
  - Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
    - Required employees to provide equal pay for work of equal value.
Women of the U.S.
- Have it great compared to girls around the world
Women Education
- Importance
  - Better jobs, better pay
  - Fight the pay gap
  - Less likely to get pregnant early.
- Facts
  - 66 million girls are missing from classrooms
  - Girls face barriers to education
  - Educating girls transforms society.

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