"Our main objective now is to have more women investors because that will have a trickle-down effect. There are a lot of smart businesswomen out there." According to the Center of Women's Business Research, as of 2006, there were an estimated 7.7 million majority women-owned companies, accounting for 29.7% of all businesses in the U.S. Those companies generate $1.1 trillion in annual sales and employ 7.2 million people nationwide. Yet a separate study conducted by venture capital industry tracker VentureSource showed that only 4.3% of venture-backed companies are led by women, down from 7.5% in 2002. Women-led angel groups are trying to improve that statistic.
1) During the Second World War, women proved that they could do "men's" work, and do it well. With men away to serve in the military and demands for war material increasing, manufacturing jobs opened up to women and upped their earning power. Yet women's employment was only encouraged as long as the war was on. Once the war was over, federal and civilian policies replaced women workers with men. 2) When the United States entered World War II in 1941, 12 million women were already working (making up one quarter of the workforce), and by the end of the war, the number was up to 18 million (one third of the workforce).
The motivation for passing as white woman in Clare's life does not mean that she feels that being African American is below being white, but she feels that passing allows her to escapes the struggles that most African American's faced at the time and she will further be able to endure greater economic and social opportunities. The way Irene only "passes" as a white woman when she feels is necessary shows that passing to her means that the color of her skin is something she can use to her advantage and doesn't fully respect her race. Though she is married to a successful African American man, she still feels that her high status in the black society is not enough as times. Through Irene's character, Larsen shows readers that passing as a different race can severely shred the dignity of a person. Irene is generally proud of being African American but when she passes as a white woman on occasion, you can tell that she loses some of her dignity since she feels as if she is sinking down to Clare's level.
They already have been doing so for many years now, and have earned their place in the military. In fact, they do a better job than men in certain areas of expertise. Gender does not matter It does not matter who is wearing a military uniform as long as that person can perform all the tasks expected from a soldier. I support the point being made In the article that women should not join army because of three main reasons- a) physically weaker compared to men Yes, there is no denying this fact but as I already said as long as she is able to do the expected jobs, there is no valid argument to ask her to stand down. This fact states that under normal circumstances, a male is physically stronger compared to a female of same age and background.
Not many mangers have the ambition to motivate and create training programs for the advancement of women in the workplace. It would benefit organizations to show more diversity in higher levels in the workplace. This would show younger African American women that they to can become CEOs of large companies as well. African American women in higher positions also need to step up and become mentors to the younger professional generations coming fresh out of college. An additional factor is sexual harassment in the workplace.
Josephine Clark SOC-322-(WA) 2 Semester-September 2011 Affirmative action involves federal government measures for reducing institutional discrimination. The purpose of Affirmative Action is to provide opportunities for minorities and women but companies use affirmative action to create quotas. Before the government got involved with the institutional discrimination, minorities and women were denied opportunities of equal rights. Affirmative action gives special consideration to racial minorities and women, for jobs and educational opportunities. Affirmative action also gives preferential treatment to minorities because they are discriminated against by the normal operations of a society.
Obama mention how he sighed the Lily Led better Bill, which purpose was to give a big impact on women's future. As mention by Romney, he stated that in the last 4 years women have lost 580,000 jobs and how he wants to help women. Their plan now is, hoping Lily Led better would help in someway and make a decrease on women unemployment. In my belief Obama and Romney had a good point by wanting to help women in finding a good job in which they can adapt. But in this case, for me it seem Obama won the debate.
Bennet and others also leave out females in their conclusions. Burstein has suggested that because "blacks are relatively few, they could be absorbed into positions formerly closed" without radically changing the social system and culture of law enforcement. Sexual equality would be "much more difficult to achieve than racial equality" due to amount of
Role of Women in America in the 1940s The 1940s -- and especially the first half of the decade -- brought a massive change to the role of women in American society. Not only did women enter the production process, but the whole perception on the capabilities of the so-called "weak gender" altered. Despite the fact that the change was short-lived, according to the National Park Service, the road taken by women in the 1940s continued into the future. Women in the Workforce Working women were not an alien spectacle in the American society. According to numbers of the National Park Service, by late 1941, 14 million women constituted one quarter of the nation's workforce.
I believe that this is true because in order for white people to actually become the minority, people will have to engage in interracial relationships. To be a in a relationship with someone who is not the same race or ethnicity as you requires a certain level of comfort. Also, the family of both parties will most likely have a certain comfort level too. When white people become the minority, I believe that I will be treated the same way I am treated now. I haven’t yet experienced racism, although I am a mixed female; I am black and Native American.