March Week 23-27

Monday- Absent, test

Tuesday- Absent, test

Wednesday- Sexism & Feminism

Sexism- Gender discrimination

Feminism- Women's rights

Assigned Blog- Rosa parks

  • Choose any women/event/law that has impacted women in the US or around the world
  • Research & write a blog entry on the impact it has had on women
  • Give a good effort, 2 pictures, add sources
  • Due Next Wed.

Thursday- Class quiz tomorrow over Former Soviet Republic

Co pilot crashes plane in the France Alps. 

Emma Watson's UN Speech

  • It's up to you to make a difference
  • Boys- Have issues with what they have to deal with 
  • Men get paid more than women do for doing the same work
  • Feminist- Supporting gender equality 

Womens US History-

1700s: Revolutionary War- Women's brains were smaller than men. Women were inferior

19th Century- Women couldn't vote, Legal status of minor, Couldn't start divorce, Couldn't make wills, sign a contract without husbands permission.

Cult of Domesticity- Piety: Believed women were the religious ones in the family, Purity: Without sexual purity, Domesticity: Women's place is in the home, Cleaning, taking care of kids, Submissiveness: Passive bystander, Men were suppose to be religious, pure. Men never suppose to be submissive. 

Seneca Falls Declaration- Abolition of Slavery, Temperance, Women's suffrage, Child Labor laws

Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton- Mad that black males were given the right to vote. 

World War 1- Interrupted campaign for women's suffrage. Women took men's jobs to show the country they could do hard work. 

Jeannette Rankin- First women elected in congress in 1916. Voted against war. Worked to win suffrage in Washington State. 

Alice Paul- Head of National Women's Party. Pushed for Equal Rights Amendment. 

Equal Rights Amendment(ERA)- Made all forms of discrimination based on sex illegal. 35 our of required 38 had ratified. Never ratified. 

Roaring 20's- Flapper Girls-Going to college  more, Working more outside than home. 

Margaret Sanger- Founded American Birth Control League. Women were able to control their own bodies. 

Education- 1928: Women were earning 39% of college degrees. Risen from 19% at beginning of century. 

1928 Olympics- First time women were allowed in Olympics. 

"Pink Collared" Jobs- Gave women a taste of the real world. Jobs: Secretaries, Teachers, Telephone Operators, Nurses, Waitress

Why do women get paid less than men?

  • Maternity leave
  • Job fields that pay less than men
  • Aggressive asking for raises?? 
  • Average women loses more than $400,000 over her lifetime due to unequal pay practices

What year do you think women will achieve pay with men in the US? 2058. 

-The pay gap has barely budged in a decade. 

-Women in every state experience the pay gap. 

-Pay gap is worse for women of color.

-Women face a pay gap in nearly every occupation

-The pay gap grows with age. 

-While more education is an effective tool for increasing earnings

-The pay gap also exists among women without children.

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