Equal Pay
- It became a major issue after women were given the right to vote
- Second World War brought an influx of female workers
- they did not want to return to their traditional role
- in the 1980s women wiring full time still only made 64% of what men made
- Part of the problem is the type of jobs that women fill in the workforce (The 'pink collar' syndrome)
- women were taking jobs that originally didn't pay that much compared to the jobs men were taking like management jobs
- 27% of single mothers in the USA live under the poverty line
- Many women feel things won't change until more women enter into politics
- Women wanted to vote for other women
Summary
After women were given the right to vote equal pay became a major issue. Because world war II brought an influx of female workers, they didn't want to go back to their traditional jobs. In that time women were getting only 64% of the pay men did. One of the problems was that women were taking jobs that traditionally payed less than the ones men were taking which created the pink collar syndrome.