Only hours away from experiencing one of the most remarkable moments in history, the Inauguration of the 44th president of the United States, it is natural for one to sit back and reminisce on the leaps and bounds our country has undergone to achieve equality. From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to Barack Obama, America [...]
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Meet Wendy Crone: Engineering Professor and Mentor
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged engineering, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, mentor, research, Sexism on January 16, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
It was an engineering summer camp during high school that really piqued Wendy Crone’s interest in engineering mechanics. During the camp, one professor held a demonstration lab in which he broke different materials and had the students analyze the fractured surfaces. According to Wendy, “That’s when I got hooked” — and she has been breaking [...]
It’s a Day On
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged Inauguration, service, volunteering on January 16, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
When I was an AmeriCorps member, we celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day as a day on, not a day off. It was a day on which we, in honor of Dr. King, would serve our community. We sorted canned goods at a food bank. We painted a homeless shelter. We cleaned up parks [...]
Only Men Like History?
Posted in Sexism, tagged gender, history, Sexism, STEM on January 13, 2009, | 3 Comments »
During winter break I saw something interesting at a well-known bookstore in my town. I take my kids there a lot, and we do homework or just read together. A few weeks ago I was looking for history magazines, and I couldn’t find them. Well, it turned out that the bookstore put them in the [...]
Pay Equity — Ancient History?
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Behind the Pay Gap, Lilly Ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, pay equity, pay gap on January 12, 2009, | 9 Comments »
At dinner this weekend, I was chatting with a young woman about the Paycheck Fairness Act and the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. I didn’t expect her to know about Ledbetter, but to my surprise, she didn’t know about the Paycheck Fairness Act or that women make only 78 cents to the dollar a man makes [...]
Want a Female Taxi Driver?
Posted in Equity in the News, Sexual Harassment, Women and Work, tagged gender equity, sexual assault, Sexual Harassment on January 8, 2009, | 3 Comments »
We work to break through economic barriers so that all women have a fair chance, and that includes helping women enter male-dominated professions, but taxi driving is a profession I hadn’t considered before. Women’s E-News has a fascinating article about female taxi drivers. Did you know that in the United States, only 2 percent of [...]
We Need YOU to Act Now!
Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged congress, Equal Pay, garcia v. brockway, house votes, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, Take Action on January 7, 2009, | 3 Comments »
Here’s a chance to make a difference in just two minutes. In a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision, AAUW ally Lilly Ledbetter lost her pay discrimination lawsuit against her former employer. The majority of justices ruled that the stipulated 180-day time period for filing a discrimination complaint began with the first discriminatory decision — even [...]
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