Women in the Workforce

The years following World War II in the U.S. saw an increase in the numbers of women entering the work force, and more significantly, staying in the work force after marriage and starting a family. Boston was no exception. These women faced a number of barriers in the work place, including gender discrimination, inequality of pay, sexual harassment and inaccessibility of child care.

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Having child care problems? Why don't you find a rich guy and marry him!
Word of Mouth Productions

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Having child care problems? Why don't you find a rich guy and marry him!
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Having child care problems? Why don't you find a rich guy and marry him!
Having child care problems? Why don't you find a rich guy and marry him!
Word of Mouth Productions
Word of Mouth Productions
1980-02
1980-02
Women's liberation movement
Feminism
Women in the workplace
Theater
Women's liberation movement
Feminism
Women in the workplace
Theater
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Women in the workplace
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Having child care problems? Why don't you find a rich guy and marry him!
Having child care problems? Why don't you find a rich guy and marry him!
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Having child care problems? Why don't you find a rich guy and marry him!
1980-02
Women's liberation movement
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Word Of Mouth Productions
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Could this man live on $539 a month?: Gerald Whitburn, State Secretary of Health and Human Services
Women's Action Coalition (Boston, Mass.)

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Could this man live on $539 a month?: Gerald Whitburn, State Secretary of Health and Human Services
Could this man live on $539 a month?: Gerald Whitburn, State Secretary of Health and Human Services
Could this man live on $539 a month?: Gerald Whitburn, State Secretary of Health and Human Services
Could this man live on $539 a month?: Gerald Whitburn, State Secretary of Health and Human Services
Women's Action Coalition (Boston, Mass.)
Women's Action Coalition (Boston, Mass.)
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1995
Women's liberation movement
Feminism
Women's issues
Welfare policies
Women's liberation movement
Feminism
Women's issues
Welfare policies
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Could this man live on $539 a month?: Gerald Whitburn, State Secretary of Health and Human Services
Could this man live on $539 a month?: Gerald Whitburn, State Secretary of Health and Human Services
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1995/01/01
Could this man live on $539 a month?: Gerald Whitburn, State Secretary of Health and Human Services
1995
Women's liberation movement
Women's Action Coalition (Boston, Mass.)
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Women at Northeastern: ASK states feminist equalization 'a slow process'
Gelinas, Mary
Northeastern University News

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Northeastern University News
Northeastern University News
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1971-02
Women's liberation movement
Feminism
Women in the workplace
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Women's liberation movement
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Women at Northeastern: ASK states feminist equalization 'a slow process'
Women at Northeastern: ASK states feminist equalization 'a slow process'
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Programs
Women's Educational & Industrial Union Career Services

'Women and work' day
Women's Educational Center (Cambridge, Mass.)

Let life be yours: Henrietta Jackson and Winona Boardley
Jackson, Henrietta
Boardley, Winona
Cambridge Oral History Center

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Cambridge Oral History Center
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Oral History Center (Cambridge, Mass.)
Cambridge Women's Oral History Project
Oral History Center (Cambridge, Mass.)
Oral History Center (Cambridge, Mass.)
Cambridge Women's Oral History Project
Oral History Center (Cambridge, Mass.)
Cambridge Women's Oral History Project
Cambridge Women's Oral History Project
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Let life be yours: Henrietta Jackson and Winona Boardley
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Let life be yours: Henrietta Jackson and Winona Boardley
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Boardley, Winona
Jackson, Henrietta
Boardley, Winona
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