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2. Women in the workforce - Wikipedia

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   In 1966 the National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded by a group of feminists including Betty Friedan. The largest women's rights group in the U.S., NOW seeks to end sexual discrimination, especially in the workplace, by means of legislative lobbying, litigation, and public demonstrations.

3. National Organization for Women - Wikipedia

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   The National Organization for Women ( NOW) is an American feminist organization. Founded in 1966, it is legally a 501 (c) (4) social welfare organization. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and in Washington, D.C. [5] It is the largest feminist organization in the United States with around 500,000 members. [6]

4. Working Women United - Wikipedia

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   Working Women United. Working Women United (WWU) (later known as the Working Women United Institute) is a women's rights organisation based in the United States which was formed in Ithaca, New York in 1975, to combat sexual harassment of women in the workplace.

5. These 13 Women Battled Workplace Discrimination — and Won - AOL

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   The #MeToo movement has helped expose sexual harassment in the workplace, but the difficulties that women face on the job are by no means limited to unwanted advances or inappropriate remarks. On...

6. Women in the Workplace: Most Recent Statistics - AOL

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   Long gone are the days when Rosie the Riveter and her can-do attitude would just enter the workforce to help out the boys. Modern-day Rosie would statistically be working full time whether or not ...

7. How Salary Transparency Can Help Women in the Workplace - AOL

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   Pay transparency laws are increasing across the United States. Starting May 15, 2022, employers in New York City will be required to include salary ranges in job postings. More states, including...

8. Mary Anderson (labor leader) - Wikipedia

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   Mary Anderson (labor leader) Mary Anderson (August 27, 1872 – 1964) was a Swedish-born American labor activist and an advocate for women in the workplace. A feminist, she rallied support to ratify many new laws to support women and equal rights. Throughout her lifetime, Anderson held a large range of roles, rising from a factory worker to the ...

9. Employment discrimination - Wikipedia

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   Because high concentrations of women work in these fields (34.8% of employed women of color and 5.1% of white women as private household workers, 21.6% and 13.8% working in service jobs, 9.3% and 3.7% as agricultural workers, and 8.1% and 17.2% as administrative workers), "nearly 45% of all employed women, then, appear to have been exempt from ...