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Date: Fri,  9 Oct 1992 11:40:02 -0400 
From: "Andrea B. Gansley-Ortiz" <ag1v+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Women's Wages (Re: That Responsibility Thing, Take 2)
	<1992Oct8.145920.25349@pwcs.stpaul.gov>
Distribution: usa

From the article 	<1992Oct8.145920.25349@pwcs.stpaul.gov> :

>you will continue to hear about women's rights until women get paid
>a whole dollar for a dollar's work; until men stop using women for target
>practice; until women can plan their lives, including whether or not to have
>children and when, with the same degree of certainty as men can; and until a
>few other minor issues are ironed out.  If you are sick and tired of hearing

The last statistic (not that I relie on them greatly) that I heard about
a dollar's work, went something like this:

Married men   $1.34
Single women  $1.05
Single men    $1.02
Married women $ .64

I don't remember who posted it, or when the study was done.

Here is a reference to a book about the subject:
Author       Kleiman, Carol
Title        Progress on Pay Equity Is Slow but Sure
Source       Chicago Tribune,  Jan 21, 1991,  4, 5:1
Abstract     Carol Kleiman says women are making progress, but their wages are
             still affected by history and social attitudes, a claim historian
             Alice Kessler-Harris makes in her book "A WOMAN's WAGE:
             Historical Meanings and Social Consequences."
Subjects     Books; Sexes; Employment discrimination; Income

Some other article references on the topic:

Author       Sege, Irene
Title        Earnings Gap for Women Found to Persist
Source       Boston Globe,  Nov 14, 1991,  3:2
Abstract     A US Census Bureau report found that a WOMAN who has completed at
             least four years of college and works full time typically earns
             $25,929, more than she would with less education but roughly the
             same as the $25,372 median earnings of men with a high school
             education.
Subjects     WAGES; Women; Census

Author       Olen, Helaine
Title        WAGE Equity Concept Wanes as WOMEN Slowly Close Pay Gap
Source       Los Angeles Times,  Aug 28, 1991,  A, 5:4
Abstract     Problems facing efforts to close the WAGE gap between men and
             WOMEN are examined.
Subjects     Wages; WOMEN; Employment discrimination; Men
ISSN         0458-3035

Author       Schmoller, Gail
Title        Family Retainers
Source       Chicago Tribune,  Aug 11, 1991,  6, 1:3
Abstract     A study has indicated that working wives have become the engine
             of growth in family income, as opposed to the husband's WAGE
             increases.  Several demographics from the study are given.
Subjects     WOMEN; Labor force; Demographics; Families & family life; Wages

Author       Miller, Rena
Title        Uncle Sam Sets Poor Example for Equal Opportunity in Jobs
Source       Los Angeles Times,  Jul 16, 1991,  A, 5:4
Abstract     The widespread employment discrimination in the federal
             employment system is discussed.  WOMEN and minorities are
             concentrated in the jobs with the lowest WAGE levels and the
             least potential for advancement, and the EEOC's anti-
             discrimination policy for federal agencies has no enforcement
             provisions.
Subjects     Employment discrimination; Government employees; WOMEN; Minority
             & ethnic groups
ISSN         0458-3035

Author       Stevens, Darlene
Title        Glass Ceiling
Source       Chicago Tribune,  Jun 9, 1991,  6, 1:3
Abstract     Overall, WOMEN's salaries in the US were about 72% of men's in
             1990, according to the US Department of Labor report, but the
             WAGE gap is narrowing in select fields such as engineering and
             medicine.
Subjects     Employment discrimination; Wages; Sex discrimination

Author       Kleiman, Carol
Title        Penny-a-Year Progress Not Gnawing at Pay Gap
Source       Chicago Tribune,  Sep 11, 1989,  4, 5:1
Abstract     Columnist Carol Kleiman begins a two-part series on WOMEN's WAGE
             discrepancies when compared with those of men in similar
             occupations.  She reports that it could take three more decades
             before men and WOMEN doing the same job bring home the same
             paycheck.  (Part 1 of 2)
Subjects     Income; Sex discrimination; WOMEN; Series & special reports

Author       Mann, Judy
Title        A Presidential Rebuff to the Working Poor
Source       Washington Post,  Jun 16, 1989,  C, 3:3
Abstract     Judy Mann comments on President Bush's veto of the minimum WAGE
             bill.  She discusses the impact that it has on the working poor,
             particularly WOMEN.
Subjects     Wages; Vetoes
ISSN         0190-8286

This is the only article which I'll have any kind of on-line access to if
the Washington Post holds the copyright. I'll see if I can dig it up.

Title        Study: American WOMEN narrowing the WAGE gap
Source       Chicago Tribune,  Feb 8, 1989,  1, 8:1
Abstract     Study shows that WAGE gap between men and WOMEN is rapidly
             narrowing, but that an increasing percentage of the poor are
             WOMEN.
Subjects     Wages; WOMEN; Employment discrimination; Poverty; Social
             conditions & trends

Author       Kleiman, Carol
Title        WAGE inequality threatens family welfare
Source       Chicago Tribune,  Feb 6, 1989,  4, 5:1
Abstract     Carol Kleiman column on economist Teresa Ghilarducci's report
             which concludes that when WOMEN suffer WAGE discrimination, men
             suffer, too.
Subjects     Wages; WOMEN; Employment discrimination; Economic conditions &
             forecasts; Sex discrimination

Question. Does anyone know if these papers are all liberal papers? Does
anyone know of conservative papers out there? The abstracts of these articles
are interesting, but since I haven't been able to read any of them, I have
many questions. There are a few articles that specifically look at the kinds
of jobs women and men are getting and then there are others that look at the
wage discrimination within a certain field. But some others which are here,
I can't tell if they're well researched from just the abstract. And it seems
that they're all liberal from the abstracts.  What do people think?

ag