Women have been fighting for equality since the 1800s. In 1865 the 15th Amendment was passed allowing African American men to vote. It was another 55 years before women were granted the same right. In 1848 the first ever women’s rights convention was organized, birthing feminism. Women still had very few rights and limited education opportunities. At this time women were not allowed to attend very many colleges. Many women were still owned by slave owners and controlled by their husbands at this times. In 1920 the 20th Amendment finally gave women the right to vote. Women have faced many adversities involving the fight for civil rights. From earning less than men, to the sexual harassment that takes place every day at work. We have made some
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Nicole Parcheta wrote an article titled, Gender Inequality in the Workforce: A Human Resource Management Quandary. According to the article, the Glass ceiling “Is defined as a transparent ceiling that hinders women and minorities to reach upper level management levels in the workforce. This term lead to the government enacting the Glass Ceiling Act, which later created the Glass Ceiling Commission. Their assignment was to conduct studies and come to some conclusions and recommendations on eliminating artificial barriers to the advancement of women and minorities and making decisions based off of management and for business reasons.”(Parcheta). There was an ongoing investigation for years until eventually the commission saw a huge problem in the jobs in America. This commission found that the Glass Ceiling was very much evident and that is was a huge flaw issue in the …show more content…
According to Huffington post this survey found that, “One in three women between the ages of 18-34 has been sexually harassed at work” (Vagianos). And of those scary statistics only a few women ever feel comfortable coming forward with their stories. According to Huffington Post, “Out of the women who said they’ve experienced workplace sexual harassment, 29 percent reported the issue while 71 percent did not” (Vagianos). Women often have the fear of losing their job if they were to report any case of sexual assault, so they remain silent the majority of the time. The women who do go on to report these cases are often left disappointed because companies tend to sweep these cases under the
Nicole Parcheta wrote an article titled, Gender Inequality in the Workforce: A Human Resource Management Quandary. According to the article, the Glass ceiling “Is defined as a transparent ceiling that hinders women and minorities to reach upper level management levels in the workforce. This term lead to the government enacting the Glass Ceiling Act, which later created the Glass Ceiling Commission. Their assignment was to conduct studies and come to some conclusions and recommendations on eliminating artificial barriers to the advancement of women and minorities and making decisions based off of management and for business reasons.”(Parcheta). There was an ongoing investigation for years until eventually the commission saw a huge problem in the jobs in America. This commission found that the Glass Ceiling was very much evident and that is was a huge flaw issue in the …show more content…
According to Huffington post this survey found that, “One in three women between the ages of 18-34 has been sexually harassed at work” (Vagianos). And of those scary statistics only a few women ever feel comfortable coming forward with their stories. According to Huffington Post, “Out of the women who said they’ve experienced workplace sexual harassment, 29 percent reported the issue while 71 percent did not” (Vagianos). Women often have the fear of losing their job if they were to report any case of sexual assault, so they remain silent the majority of the time. The women who do go on to report these cases are often left disappointed because companies tend to sweep these cases under the