Sex Discrimination in Employment - Women's Job Rights

Brief history and description of the concept of comparable worth: equal pay for work of equal value. From Jone Johnson Lewis.

Glossary entry for glass ceiling, part of a women's history glossary from womenshistory.about.com

The Task Force on Equal Opportunity of Employment was one of NOW's first important task forces. The founders of NOW fought tirelessly for equal opportunity of employment.

What is the pink-collar ghetto? Some theorists argue that women in the workplace are stuck in a pink-collar ghetto.

What does "specific bills for specific ills" mean? Do specific bills for specific ills solve discrimination problems better than an Equal Rights Amendment?

Did all women support the Equal Pay Act of 1963? Find out why some workers and union leaders didn't, and why Caroline Davis argued they should support the Equal Pay Act.

Published in 1984, this article by Jo Freeman details the controversy over "equal pay for work of equal value," especially the labor movement's reaction.

Jo Freeman in 1979 analyzes typical excuses for women's economic position -- primarily about traditional roles and family structure -- and whether those reasons explain the economic differences adequately.

Panel for the NY Times Magazine analyze working women's situation and women's role in the economy. Millennium feature.

A hyperlinked summary of the history of affirmative action. References past court decisions and laws passed. From NOW.

Curriculum on women in the Industrial Revolution in England and Wales: includes testimony to Parliamentary commissions, illustrations, workforce chart.

The historical pay gap between men and women and what's happening today.

Elsie Hill and Florence Kelley wrote this 1922 article for The Nation, only two years after the winning of women's vote. They document on behalf of the National Woman's Party the status of women under the law at that time in various states, and propose, also on behalf of the National Woman's Party, a detailed Constitutional Amendment which they believed would remedy the inequalities while preserving appropriate protections for women under the law.