Equal Rights

Women have been struggling since the 1920s to have the same rights that men have. Although winning many battles, the right to short haircuts, to wear pants, to drive, it wasn't until the middle of the century when the really important rights were given to women. Women have been holding conventions(Seneca Falls), rallying, protesting, and petitioning for liberties that we take for granted today. And it wasn't that long ago that the American Constitution was amended to give women(and other minority groups) the right to vote.
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Gone is the 1950s lifestyle where husband works Monday through Friday and returns home at dinner time to find wife waiting with hot, homemade meatloaf. Gone also is the lifestyle of the wife at home, cleaning, cooking, marketing, gardening, sewing, mending, laundering, meanwhile teaching, nuturing and raising several children.
Since women were so eager to work, that is in fields besides nursing, teaching, and typing, the entire economic balance has shifted. The workforce greatly grew when women came aboard to compete with men. Men can't often afford to be the single supporter of the family. Upon comparing the 2000s women with the 1950s women, sometimes its difficult to find any similarities.

I will explore the economic impact of working women in a later blog.