Woman in the Workforce
Title: Woman in the Workforce
Category: /Law & Government/Government & Politics
Details: Words: 1860 | Pages: 7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Woman in the Workforce
Category: /Law & Government/Government & Politics
Details: Words: 1860 | Pages: 7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Women at Work
In colonial America, women who earned their own living usually became seamstresses or kept boardinghouses. But some women worked in professions and jobs available mostly to men. There were women doctors, lawyers, preachers, teachers, writers, and singers. By the early 19th century, however, acceptable occupations for working women were limited to factory labor or domestic work. Women were excluded from the professions, except for writing and teaching.
The medical profession is an
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than those whose wife was a full-time homemaker.
A crucial issue for many women is maternity leave, or time off from their jobs after giving birth. By federal law a full-time worker is entitled to time off and a job when she returns, but few states by the early 1990s required that the leave be paid. Many countries, including Mexico, India, Germany, Brazil, and Australia require companies to grant 12-week maternity leaves at full pay.