Labor and Employment Relations 136 Course Outline
Lesson 1: Defining Difference: Race, Class, and Gender to Name a Few
Lesson 2: History of Inequalities in Work
Lesson 3: Work and Families
Lesson 4: Socialization: Individual Theories of Inequality
Lesson 5: Occupational Segregatiion: Structural Theories of Inequality
Lesson 6: Gendered Jobs: Women in "Men's Jobs"
Lesson 7 : Gendered Jobs: Men in "Women's Jobs"
Lesson 8 : Gendered Jobs: Women in "Women's Jobs"
Lesson 9 : Racialized Jobs
Lesson 10: Resistance, Activism, and Unionization: Women and People of Color in the Labor Movement
Lesson 11: The Global Assembly Line: Third World Women's Employment
National Archives
Of all the images of working women during World War II, the image of women in factories predominates. Rosie the Riveter—the strong, competent woman dressed in overalls and bandanna—was introduced as a symbol of patriotic womanhood. The accoutrements of war work—uniforms, tools, and lunch pails—were incorporated into the revised image of the feminine ideal.
Produced by Westinghouse for the War Production Co-ordinating Committee NARA Still Picture Branch (NWDNS-179-WP-1563)
The Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor seeks to "promote profitable employment opportunities for women, to empower them by enhancing their skills and improving their working conditions, and to provide employers with more alternatives to meet their labor needs."
Equal pay has been the law since 1963. But today, forty years later, women are still paid less than men—even when we have similar education, skills and experience. See the Equal Pay Calculator at the AFL-CIO web site to find out how much the pay gap between men and women may cost you over a lifetime of work.