Women in the Workplace in America, 1900-2021

Editor/Author Williams, Angela
Publication Year: 2021
Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc.

Price: Core Collection Only This title is available on our Core subscription collections and is not available for individual purchase.
ISBN: 978-0-7808-1957-3
Category: Business, Finance & Economics - Business
Image Count: 82
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

Women in the Workplace in America, 1900--2021 is a resource guide that provides historical context and helps people and organizations better understand the challenges women have faced and continue to face in the American workplace, along with opportunities and recently discovered and developing success stories.

This book is found in the following Credo Collections:

Foreword
Author’s Note
Part 1: New Century, New Visions, 1900–1929
Milestones for Women Prior to 1900
Chapter 1 — Early Twentieth-Century Trailblazers, 1900–1909
Section 1.1 Overview
Section 1.2 Woman Warriors
Section 1.3 Shirtwaist Workers Strike of 1909
Section 1.4 Trailblazers
Chapter 2 — Mobilizing for Inclusion, Enfranchisement, and War, 1910–1919
Section 2.1 Overview
Section 2.2 Long Journey to Enfranchisement
Section 2.3 Woman Warriors
Section 2.4 Trailblazers
Section 2.5 Women in Factories
Chapter 3 — Uncredited Trailblazers in a Decade of Contradictions, 1920–1929
Section 3.1 Overview
Section 3.2 Two Steps Forward in the Journey to Full Inclusion
Section 3.3 Legacies of Woman Suffrage
Section 3.4 Women in Factories
Section 3.5 Uncredited Trailblazers
Section 3.6 Trailblazers
Chapter 4 — In Need of New Deals, 1930–1939
Section 4.1 Overview
Section 4.2 The Great Depression
Section 4.3 Section 213 of the Federal Economy Act: President Hoover’s Lousy New Deal for Women
Section 4.4 The New Deal
Section 4.5 Native American Health in a Time of Scarcity
Section 4.6 Uncredited Trailblazer Elizebeth Smith Friedman: The Hero That History Forgot
Section 4.7 Trailblazers
Part 2: Cultural Shifts and Sonic Booms, 1940–1969
Introduction: Adaptability and Innovation
Chapter 5 — Calling All Women, 1940–1949
Section 5.1 Women in a Changing Workforce
Section 5.2 Woman Warriors
Section 5.3 United Nations Charter
Section 5.4 Uncredited Trailblazers
Section 5.5 Trailblazers
Chapter 6 — Suspicion, Purges, and Oppression, 1950–1959
Section 6.1 Overview
Section 6.2 The Myth of Female Inferiority
Section 6.3 Trailblazers
Section 6.4 Brownie Wise and the Tupperware® Party
Chapter 7 — Breaking Ground, Gaining Ground, 1960–1969
Section 7.1 Presidential Commissions and Task Forces on Women
Section 7.2 Legislation
Section 7.3 Addressing Discrimination in the Workplace with Affirmative Action
Section 7.4 Trailblazers
Section 7.5 Betty Friedan’s Groundbreaking Book The Feminine Mystique Launches Second-Wave Women’s Movement
Section 7.6 National Organization for Women (NOW) Founded, 1967
Part 3: Revolution and Equality for All, 1970–1999
Introduction: “Living the Revolution”
Chapter 8 — “Unbought and Unbossed,” 1970–1979
Section 8.1 Overview
Section 8.2 Legislation and Judicial Decisions
Section 8.3 Trailblazers
Section 8.4 Tennis Great Billie Jean King Wins the Battle of the Sexes
Section 8.5 Gloria Steinem and the First National Magazine Produced, Written, Edited, and Managed by and for Women
Chapter 9 — A Decade of Firsts, 1980–1989
Section 9.1 Overview
Section 9.2 Judicial Decisions
Section 9.3 May Chen Co-Organizes the 1982 New York City Chinatown Strike
Section 9.4 Trailblazers
Chapter 10 — Stepping Up and Pushing Back, 1990–1999
Section 10.1 Overview
Section 10.2 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Section 10.3 Legislation and Judicial Decisions
Section 10.4 Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Section 10.5 Ada Deer
Section 10.6 The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of Ellen DeGeneres
Section 10.7 Anita Hill
Part 4: Diversity: The New Normal, 2000–2021
Introduction, 2000–2021
Chapter 11 — Unequal Pay, Unequal Work, 2000–2009
Section 11.1 “Standing Up for Fair Pay”: The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
Section 11.2 The Great Recession and Its Impact on Women
Section 11.3 Age Discrimination Is a Woman’s Issue
Section 11.4 The Whistleblowers
Section 11.5 Trailblazers
Chapter 12 — Don’t Ask, Do Tell, 2010–2019
Section 12.1 Overview
Section 12.2 Senate Majority Blocks Equal Pay for Women Workers
Section 12.3 Military Ban on Women in Combat Lifted
Section 12.4 Trailblazers
Section 12.5 Sexual Violence in the Workplace and the #MeToo Movement
Chapter 13 — The Audacity of Work, 2020–2021
Section 13.1 Overview
Section 13.2 Women with Disabilities Hit Hardest by Pandemic Job Losses
Section 13.3 Trailblazers
Section 13.4 Millennial Women in the Workplace
Section 13.5 Stories Celebrating and Showcasing 100 Years of Women’s Bureau Successes
Part 5: Resources
Additional Data, Resources, Help and Information
Data
Resources
Help and Information
Directory of Support Organizations
Image Attributions
Contributors
Bibliography