Monday-
Went Southeast Asia Map
Women’s Rights
Median pay for women
$35,602
Median pay for men
$45,930
At 39 women start making average pay and it stops going up as much
At 59 men start making average pay and it stops going up as much
The depression
FDR attempted to equalize pay for women and men but could not get enforcement
Eleanor Roosevelt becomes a role model
Frances Perkins becomes the first female cabinet member
World War II
rosie the riveter
women in the military
most women still did traditional women’s jobs
1950’s
women were expected to go back home
mothers
homemakers
supporting their men
enjoying their new appliances
young brides
The second Wave of Feminism
the post war message was that truely feminine women did not want careers, higher education, and political rights
60% of women dropped out of college to marry
fewer and fewer women got jobs and education
1960’s
many women found that their lives were at odds with the images of women that were presented in the media
suddenly the trapped housewife was discovered
some argued that underemployed women could be useful
Betty Friedan
Wrote the book Feminine Mystique in 1963
in her book she depicted the roles of women in industrial societies
Equal Pay act 1963
it was the first federal law prohibiting sexual discrimination
in 1963 the average female worker’s wages in the United States were equivalent to 58.9% of the average male worker’s earnings
it abolished wage difference based on sex
The Civil rights Act of 1964
passed in 1964
it banned discrimination on the basis of color, sex, race
Tuesday-
Southwest Asia Map class quiz
NOW National Organization for Women
founded in 1966
Betty Friedan became the organization’s first president
The goal of NOW is to bring about equality for all women
They campaigned to gain passage of the ERA amendment at the state level
Issues NOW deals with
works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, and the justice system
secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women
end all forms of violence against women
Changes Now helped with
More women attend college
more women enter the workforce
more women go into the professions
workings to eliminate discrimination and harassment the in the workplace schools, and the justice system
more women’s reproductive freedom, including abortion
generated a movement for gay rights
by 1980
51.5% percent of all women held jobs outside the home
includes over 60% of women with children between the ages of 6-17
inequality in pay still exist
1990’s
1993 family and medical leave act goes into effect
1994 gender equality in education act to train teachers in gender equality, promote math and science learning by girls, counsel pregnant
1997 elaborating on Title IX, supreme court rules that college athletics programs must actively involve roughly equal numbers of men and women to qualify for federal support
FMLA
entitles eligible employees t take unpaid, jobprotection leave for specified family and medical reasons
12 workweeks of leave in a 12-month period for
the birth of a child and to care for the newborn child within one year of birth
to care for the employee’s spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition
2000-Present
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay act of 2009
restored the protection against pay discrimination
Paycheck fairness act
it was create incentives for employers to follow the law, empower women to negotiate for equal pay
Fair Pay Act
- it would require employers to provide equal pay for work of equal of equal value
Wednesday-
Current Events
How did April’s Fools day start
Arkansas Bill
religious freedom
Blog discussion
Thursday-
Shooting at college
- Blog discussion
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