Women's Issues Changed Since 1911

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In the article “4 Women’s Issues That Haven't Changed Since 1911” by Julie Zeilinger expresses the main issues about women in the past decade and the problems that still linger today. The author demonstrates four topics about women's issues that have not changed, one being “Men dominate many of the most esteemed professional fields and get paid more for their work”, which shows women are still being unrecognized in many workforces. The second issue that is expressed in the article is “work stress disproportionately impacts women” and for a women to succeed in the workplace by the expense of their physical well-being. Another issue would be “The freedom the workplace supposedly offers women sometimes doesn’t feel so free at all”, when a workplace

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