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In Mrs. Burrows’ seventh grade English class, I wrote a paper entitled Women vs. Men in the Work Force. I researched for weeks and weeks to get all of the information I could on pay differences, percentages of working women and what jobs they were doing.

In 1988, my paper focused on sexual discrimination and the wage difference. For example, in 1998, “women received 63% of the pay men received for the same job.” I remember finding that out and asking my dad why that was happening. My father, parent of two daughters who instructed them never to be dependent on a man, did not have a good explanation for this inequality.

Sexual discrimination was just starting to be a hot topic in 1988. Here is my favorite quote from my paper:

“Sixty-two percent of working women who are employed full-time believe that discrimination prevents them from getting top jobs in business and government. Sexual discrimination seems to occur the most. For example, one female executive on her way to the top told of how she fought back. She and some of her male colleagues were in a business meeting when they started to kid her about her short skirts. In reaction to their joking, she put a shapely leg up onto the

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Despite the fact that the Equal Pay Act was signed more than 35 years ago, full-time working women between the ages of 25 and 35 earn only 84% of the weekly earnings of men their age. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Handbook of Labor Statistics, 1989

U. We must strengthen and enforce vigorously our laws against wage discrimination. In 1960, only a quarter of married women with children worked or was looking for work. This unusual comeback won her points from her adversaries. This unusual comeback won her points from her adversaries. The company is also developing wireless kiosks for Internet access and will hose web pages enabling artisans, farmers, and other small time entrepreneurs to set up shop in a global marketplace. An on site child care center in Washington DC.

Another site entitled KidsCampaign by the Benton Foundation has 101 ways to improve your workplace. Monique Maddy Uses Wireless Pay Phones to Battle Poverty.

Eventually, after almost going bankrupt and fracturing her leg in a running accident, Adesemi Communications International has 1000 wireless pay phones in Tanzania and contracts in Ghana and Sri Lanka are imminent. As technology re-invents the way we do business, clerical jobs are becoming more technical, allowing women in these positions to flourish. Alexis Herman, Secretary of the US Department of Labor, has the following to say: “This generation of women has invested greatly in education, returned quickly to the labor force after child birth, held more full time jobs and sought more nontraditional jobs than any in our nation’s history.

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