Newsgroups: talk.abortion
Date: Fri,  9 Oct 1992 14:06:12 -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       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       Passell, Peter
Title        When Children Have Children
Source       New York Times,  Sep 4, 1991,  D, 1:1
Abstract     A recent study indicates that early motherhood does not affect a
             WOMAN's future earnings as much as is commonly believed.
Subjects     Teenage pregnancy; Women; WAGES; Social research
ISSN         0362-4331
Article Type News
Length       Medium (6-18 col inches)

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       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.

Author       Swoboda, Frank
Title        WAGE Gap Closing Among the Young
Source       Washington Post,  Nov 19, 1989,  H, 3:4
Features     Illustration
Abstract     The closing gap in wages between men and WOMEN is discussed.
             Younger WOMEN have almost entirely closed the gap in pay with
             their male counterparts.
Subjects     Sex discrimination; Wages; Men; WOMEN
ISSN         0190-8286
Article Type News
Length       Long (18+ col inches)

Author       Snyder, Margaret C
Title        Growth of Mother-Centered Families
Source       New York Times,  Dec 28, 1991,  A, 18:1
Abstract     In a letter to the editor, Margaret C.  Snyder, the founding
             director of the UN Development Fund for WOMEN, argues that the
             traditional family is virtually nonexistent, being replaced by
             single mothers whose earnings hover near the poverty line.
             Snyder argues that there should be worldwide moves to banish the
             myth that the family breadwinner is always male and to pay WOMEN
             a family WAGE.
Subjects     Letters to the editor; Single parents; Parents & parenting;



There were some other articles dealing with wages and the increasing number
of poor women.



ag