Lorena's Argumentative Essay

I was inspired by the story of Lorena Weeks. Lorena’s father died when she was nine years old, which caused her to work to help provide for her family. Her mother died nine years later, so Lorena raised and supported her two siblings. She did this by working as waitress and then a telephone operator at night. Weeks later raised a family of her own and worked as a phone-company clerk. Lorena was determined to send her children to college and applied for a switching-man’s job. “The head of the union told her she did not get the promotion because ‘ the man is the breadwinner in the family and women just don’t need this type of job’” (Collins 89). Lorena took her case to court because this broke the 1964 Civil Rights Act that allowed women to decide if they wanted to take on nontraditional jobs. The victory of this case ended job discrimination against women. Lorena grew up with a tough life and never gave up. She pushed through all the hardships that came her way and believed so much in overcoming them. Her whole story inspires me to face anything that comes my way with full force. Senator Margaret Chase Smith’s story also gave me some inspiration. Smith took her husband’s congressional seat after he passed away and then ran for the …show more content…
More women today are getting out of the homes and pursuing careers. More women are applying to medical schools and other graduate schools. Fewer women are staying home and taking care of the house. Women are qualified, intelligent, competitive, and ready for the same opportunities as men in the workforce. Especially in big corporations and the government, the number of women in leadership positions is minimal. Women are slowly making progress in the workforce, but still are getting paid less than men. The status of women is moving out of the house and into work, but the conditions still need to be