SOCI 3860 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Neoliberalism, Stelco, Canadian Human Rights Commission
13 Jul 2019
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The economic boom that followed wwi provided many opportunities for young, unmarried women. Feminists continued to pursue women"s rights in the workplace and right to work, equal compensation, as a key to ending women"s oppression. Women should not only have access to jobs, but they should be compensated like men. Wwii challenged women"s place in the home and men"s role: 3 changes during this time: more women entered paid employment. Between 1939-1944, the participation rate of women increased from 34%-44: married women"s labour force participation dramatically increased. In 1939, 10% of employed married women were married, but by 1944, 33% of those women in the labour force were employed. They were able to stay in the workforce during this time because of the nurseries established and the flexible work shifts: women, whether married or single, young or old, worked in occupations that were previously barred for them:
