Women in the Workplace in America, 1900-2021
Women in the Workplace in America, 1900-2021
Editor/Author
Williams, Angela
Publication Year: 2021
Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc.
Price: Core Collection Only

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:
Table of Contents
- 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