i'd rather be black than female.ppt

Background
two issues: racial and sexual discrimination
Not many admit prejudice against women
The 20th century: man’s world
No equality with men
I’d Rather Be Black Than Female
Throughout history,
women:fewer legal
rights and opportunities,
wifehood and motherhood,
20th century: right to vote in most
nations, increased educational and
job opportunities, reevaluation of
traditional views of their role in
society.
Housewife
Mother
Limited education (Do you type?)
No political influence
Women were prisoners in their own homes.
Traditional Roles of Women
1848- Seneca Fall, a meeting for women’s rights
1920’s- women won the right to vote
1930’s- Frances Perkins led the way for women in politics
1940’s- more women were attending college
1960’s- introduction of Birth Control, The Equal Pay Act, Civil Rights Act discouraging and outlawing sex discrimination.
Time line of women’s battles:
1890- Women made up 5% of total doctors in the US.
1980-17%
1930—2% of women were lawyers and judges.
1989– 22%
1980’s– twice as many women than men taught in school
World War II- women served as secretaries and nurses
Women at Work
Politics
1917- te Rankin-first member of the US House of Representatives
1920- had the right to vote
1968- Shirley Chisholm-first black
woman elected to the House of Representatives
1992- Poland’s first female prime minister
Big advances in every field, yet discrimination
No executive ability,
no orderly minds, no stability,
no leadership skills,
too emotional (no chance to go overseas)
Doing a man's job:
Sanitation workers, police officers, firefighters, and coal-miners
Status of women rises:
Self-images redefined: used to
marry doctors ( status and
financial security), now doctors
themselves. President, boxer