Monday- Women's Rights Power Point
- Median pay in Iowa for man is $45,000 and $34,000 for women
- Louisiana is the worst state ate equal pay between different genders while Washington D.C. is the best
- The Depression
- FDR attempted to equalize pay for women and men but couldn't get enforcement (Eleanor Roosevelt was role model)
- Women in WWII
- Rosie the Riveter
- Women in the military (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
- Post war message was that truly feminine women did not want careers, higher education, political rights
- 60% of women dropped out of collage early (fewer entered professional work
- 1960
- Trapped housewife was discovered- some argued that underemployed women were a wasted resource
- Betty Friedan
- Wrote the book, "Feminine Mystique" and focused her attention on women being a household wife and have a career
- Equal Pay Act- Prohibiting sexual discrimination
- Civil Rights Act of 1964- Banned discrimination on basis of color, race, national origin, religion, or sex (President Lyndon B. Johnson passed a law)
Tuesday- Class Quiz over Southeast Asia- Blog is due on Wednesday
NOW
- Founded in 1966
- Betty Friedan became the organizations'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
- Pushed for abortion rights and Civil Rights Act
- Issues:
- Eliminate harassment in the workplace and school
- Secure abortion, birth control, and reproductive rights
- End all forms of violence against women
- Eradicate racism, sexism, and homophobia
- Promote equality and justice in society
- Changes:
- More women go to college
- More women enter the workforce
- More women go into professions
- Working to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, and the justice system
- More women's reproductive freedom, including abortion
- Generated a movement for gay rights
1972
- Congress included Title IX in the Higher Education Act, providing, "No person in the US shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal assistance."
1980
- 51.5% of all adult women held jobs outside of the home
- Includes over 60% of women with children between the ages of 6-17
- Inequalities in pay still exist
1990
- 1993 - Family and Medical Leave Act goes into effect ....
- Entitles eligible employees to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons
- Twelve workweeks of leave in 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 problem
- the placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster care and to care for the newly placed child within one year of placement
- a serious health problem condition that makes the employee unable to perform the essential functions of his or her job
- 1994 - Gender Equity in Education Act to train teachers in gender equity, 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
2000 - Present
- Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
- restored the protection against pay discrimination that stripped away by the Supreme Court's decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber
- Women can now serve in all roles within the military
Not Passed
- Paycheck Fairness Act
- 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 value
In 2009, 15% of Americans lived in poverty. Women are 29% more likely to live in poverty than men. Why? More single parent moms out there.
41% of all births are to an unmarried man.
Average age of marriage: 20 in 1960. 26 in 2008. More time for college and work.
In the 147 largest US cities, women's salaries are 8% higher than men's.
Between Dec 07 and Deb 10, 70% of jobs loss were men.
Women overtook men in college B.A.'s in early 1980's. 60% of all B.A.'s are given to women.
56% better chance for women of getting a B.A. by age 22 and 25% chance better of getting a B.A. 28.
Why are girl's doing better than school? ---- Girls tend to be more socially and behaviorally mature than boy all throughout school. Starting in middle school and extending into high school, girls see success in school leading to success in college and in their career.
Girls are better readers upon entering elementary school.
Right now, 66 million girls are missing from classrooms.
Why is getting an education for girls extremely important around the world?
- Better jobs and better pay
Wednesday-
We talked about the origin of April Fool's Day
Arkansas governor sends religious freedom bill back to Legislative -this will allow people/companies to have the choice of not giving service to gay people (religion)
Discussion over Blogs on women
Thursday- Discussed Blogs over women
Friday- No school
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