Women in the Work Force- 1960s

Women in the labor force - the 1960s and 1960s was the era of social and political identity of American women. Despite the victory of voting rights, women still receive discrimination in their daily lives. Today's women are still worried about unequal treatment as the present millennium is about to come to an end. It is important to look back on the history and remember the struggle experienced by our mothers and grandmothers. Thanks to past women, today women can participate in politics and receive equivalent pay for equal work.

With the progress of the times, we have experienced waves of feminism for many years, and it seems that women's entry into the labor market has increased. Since 1960, women with children have been forced to increase. Women with children under the age of 6, 12% in 1950 and 45% in 1980 were working. By 1987, this number has increased to 57%. More than half of mothers with children under 3 years old took office in 1987. Between 1950 and 1980, women were thought to teach themselves, to choose career paths and eliminate reliance on men. By 1989 women accounted for more than 45% of US employment, and only a small percentage of these decisions created jobs. In 1989, the number of female managers, officers, and other managers increased and the ratio of male to female was 5: 1. In 1970, women paid 45% less than men at the same job. In 1988, the proportion of wages fell by 33%.

Mary Taylor Moore became one of hundreds of professional women who entered the labor market in the 1970s (Pendergast 172). In 1970, women who were 36% in 1960 worked 41% (10 years of the US: 1960-1969 91). In 1974, 99% of American occupational women in the US Department of Labor were secretaries, 96% nurses, 28% as university teachers and 6% as officers or police officers (proportional). 1979 346) With this increase in social participation, women seem to attract more attention (166)