women
Equal Pay Day wage gap still at 77 cents on the dollar
April 10, 2013It took women on the job all of 2012 and every day of 2013 up until April 9 to earn the eqivalent that men earned in 2012 alone.
Read moreToday in women’s history: National Women’s Party protests workplace discrimination
March 28, 2013On this day in 1931, governors of Florida, Virginia, New Mexico and a few other states rejected proposals from the Cotton-Textile Institute to forbid women from working factory night shifts.
Read moreToday in women’s history: Mary Joyce ends thousand-mile sled dog trip
March 26, 2013During her thousand-mile trek, she endured -60º temperatures, primitive terrain, and minimal communication, making the journey a harrowing one.
Read moreMarch 25, 1911: Triangle sweatshop fire kills 146
March 25, 2013Triangle Fire led both to the growth of unions - in particular the pioneering International Ladies Garment Workers - and to campaign successfully for reforms to health and safety laws, fire code improvement and enforcement and...
Read moreToday in women’s history: Minnie Fisher Cunningham born
March 19, 2013Cunningham was elected president of the Galveston Equal Suffrage Association and toured her home state to speak out for the right for women to vote.
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