On March 14, 1895, the Illinois Supreme Court rejected the state's eight hour law for women in Ritchie v. The People of the State of Illinois. It was another in the key moments of the Gilded Age that the courts came down sharply on the...
women and work
Being a woman in the building trades is not easy. This is the center of a very masculine work environment, with all that means. I've known women who tried to.
I am trying to imagine this extremely sensible policy in the United States... Women who suffer from severe period pain will be allowed to take leave from work for up.
On February 27, 1937, women working in a Detroit Woolworth's started a sit-down strike. This lesser-known but critically important action is one of the greatest of the sit-down strikes of the 1930s. It also is a perfect opportunity to examine how gender ideology and strikes...
On December 16, 1977, eight women bank workers at Citizens National Bank in Willmar, Minnesota went on strike, charging sex discrimination they faced on the job. The Willmar 8 would.
On November 15, 1975, Wages for Housework opened its storefront on 5th Avenue in Brooklyn. This date allows us to explore this fascinating intersection between the feminist movement and ideas.
On June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act. This was the most important piece of legislation on the long road to pay equality by gender, a goal that we have still not reached. For the vast majority of American history,...
As usual, the problem with women in the economy comes back to sexism, both in and out of the home. In March 2020, unemployment rates for men and women age 16 and.
We know that natural disasters are in fact human disasters that exacerbate previously existing inequalities in society. That very much includes gender inequality. In my state of Rhode Island, that's.
That farm labor gets such a tiny amount of attention even from liberals is quite distressing. But the exploitation of these workers needs continued publicity through whatever megaphones we may have. With COVID, everything has gotten worse for these workers and that very much includes...
In 1974, Batgirl was very unhappy over Batman's sexist pay structure.
On September 17, 1868, the Working Women's Association formed as the working class representation within the women's suffrage and labor movements. This short-lived moment in our labor history demonstrates at.