Jessica Ziparo
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781469635972
- eISBN:
- 9781469635989
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469635972.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: Civil War
The introduction explains how and why the Civil War era female federal workforce was an important, though often overlooked, cadre of labor feminists in the struggle for women’s rights in America. ...
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The introduction explains how and why the Civil War era female federal workforce was an important, though often overlooked, cadre of labor feminists in the struggle for women’s rights in America. Labor feminism as used in the book is defined.Less
The introduction explains how and why the Civil War era female federal workforce was an important, though often overlooked, cadre of labor feminists in the struggle for women’s rights in America. Labor feminism as used in the book is defined.
Susan Chandler and Jill B. Jones
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801450143
- eISBN:
- 9780801462696
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801450143.003.0006
- Subject:
- Sociology, Occupations, Professions, and Work
This chapter discusses the suit filed by Darlene Jespersen against Harrah's Operating Company, Inc., in the District Court for Nevada on July 6, 2001. In the spring of 2000, the manager of the Food ...
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This chapter discusses the suit filed by Darlene Jespersen against Harrah's Operating Company, Inc., in the District Court for Nevada on July 6, 2001. In the spring of 2000, the manager of the Food and Beverage Department at Harrah's, Reno, sent a letter to all food and beverage employees detailing Harrah's new appearance and grooming standards and launching the corporation's “Personal Best” initiative. It was a letter that would jettison Jespersen's twenty-year career as one of Harrah's top bartenders—and land the corporation in the midst of a major legal battle. At issue was the right of a massively wealthy employer attempting to brand its particular form of entertainment to require a female employee to wear a heavily made-up, stereotypical “Barbie” face to work, even if her job, done successfully for years without makeup, involved lugging cases of beer.Less
This chapter discusses the suit filed by Darlene Jespersen against Harrah's Operating Company, Inc., in the District Court for Nevada on July 6, 2001. In the spring of 2000, the manager of the Food and Beverage Department at Harrah's, Reno, sent a letter to all food and beverage employees detailing Harrah's new appearance and grooming standards and launching the corporation's “Personal Best” initiative. It was a letter that would jettison Jespersen's twenty-year career as one of Harrah's top bartenders—and land the corporation in the midst of a major legal battle. At issue was the right of a massively wealthy employer attempting to brand its particular form of entertainment to require a female employee to wear a heavily made-up, stereotypical “Barbie” face to work, even if her job, done successfully for years without makeup, involved lugging cases of beer.
Hiroshi Ono and Marcus E. Rebick
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- February 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226060217
- eISBN:
- 9780226060231
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226060231.003.0009
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, South and East Asia
This chapter addresses impediments to the growth of the labor supply that are affecting the economy. It first outlines the state of Japanese labor in 2001, focusing on the extent to which ...
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This chapter addresses impediments to the growth of the labor supply that are affecting the economy. It first outlines the state of Japanese labor in 2001, focusing on the extent to which institutions long seen as characteristic of the Japanese labor market have stayed the same or have been changing. The chapter then discusses labor law and its consequences. Next, it looks at impediments to the mobility of career employees (primarily men) that may be affecting growth and examines reasons why female labor-force participation may be lower than levels seen in the United States. A quantitative perspective of the barriers is presented, including their overall implications for economic growth; the role of government policy in removing the barriers is considered; and some areas in need of further research are identified.Less
This chapter addresses impediments to the growth of the labor supply that are affecting the economy. It first outlines the state of Japanese labor in 2001, focusing on the extent to which institutions long seen as characteristic of the Japanese labor market have stayed the same or have been changing. The chapter then discusses labor law and its consequences. Next, it looks at impediments to the mobility of career employees (primarily men) that may be affecting growth and examines reasons why female labor-force participation may be lower than levels seen in the United States. A quantitative perspective of the barriers is presented, including their overall implications for economic growth; the role of government policy in removing the barriers is considered; and some areas in need of further research are identified.
Jessica Ziparo
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781469635972
- eISBN:
- 9781469635989
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469635972.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: Civil War
In the volatility of the Civil War, the federal government opened its payrolls to women. Although the press and government officials considered the federal employment of women to be an innocuous ...
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In the volatility of the Civil War, the federal government opened its payrolls to women. Although the press and government officials considered the federal employment of women to be an innocuous wartime aberration, women immediately saw the new development for what it was: a rare chance to obtain well-paid, intellectually challenging work in a country and time that typically excluded females from such channels of labor. Thousands of female applicants from across the country flooded Washington with applications. Here, Jessica Ziparo traces the struggles and triumphs of early female federal employees, who were caught between traditional, cultural notions of female dependence and an evolving movement of female autonomy in a new economic reality. In doing so, Ziparo demonstrates how these women challenged societal gender norms, carved out a place for independent women in the streets of Washington, and sometimes clashed with the female suffrage movement. Examining the advent of female federal employment, Ziparo finds a lost opportunity for wage equality in the federal government and shows how despite discrimination, prejudice, and harassment, women persisted, succeeding in making their presence in the federal workforce permanent.Less
In the volatility of the Civil War, the federal government opened its payrolls to women. Although the press and government officials considered the federal employment of women to be an innocuous wartime aberration, women immediately saw the new development for what it was: a rare chance to obtain well-paid, intellectually challenging work in a country and time that typically excluded females from such channels of labor. Thousands of female applicants from across the country flooded Washington with applications. Here, Jessica Ziparo traces the struggles and triumphs of early female federal employees, who were caught between traditional, cultural notions of female dependence and an evolving movement of female autonomy in a new economic reality. In doing so, Ziparo demonstrates how these women challenged societal gender norms, carved out a place for independent women in the streets of Washington, and sometimes clashed with the female suffrage movement. Examining the advent of female federal employment, Ziparo finds a lost opportunity for wage equality in the federal government and shows how despite discrimination, prejudice, and harassment, women persisted, succeeding in making their presence in the federal workforce permanent.
Robert Cherry and Robert Lerman
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814717189
- eISBN:
- 9780814769904
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814717189.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter argues that child care support does not simply enable women to maintain employment, it also makes it sensible for many working mothers to enroll in job training and educational programs ...
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This chapter argues that child care support does not simply enable women to maintain employment, it also makes it sensible for many working mothers to enroll in job training and educational programs that enable them to enhance their careers. For many, child care support is the only way they can sustain the additional hours associated with working in many traditional male-dominated occupations. As working mothers' pay increases, they gain less from government-subsidized child care. For these mothers, improved child-related federal and state tax benefits can substantially reduce the costs of child care. The chapter shows how Workforce Investment Act (WIA) training programs help increase female access to male-dominated occupations rather than continue to direct women into traditional female occupations. Training programs should also be made available to working mothers who want to enhance their skills, rather than being reserved solely for the underemployed and unemployed.Less
This chapter argues that child care support does not simply enable women to maintain employment, it also makes it sensible for many working mothers to enroll in job training and educational programs that enable them to enhance their careers. For many, child care support is the only way they can sustain the additional hours associated with working in many traditional male-dominated occupations. As working mothers' pay increases, they gain less from government-subsidized child care. For these mothers, improved child-related federal and state tax benefits can substantially reduce the costs of child care. The chapter shows how Workforce Investment Act (WIA) training programs help increase female access to male-dominated occupations rather than continue to direct women into traditional female occupations. Training programs should also be made available to working mothers who want to enhance their skills, rather than being reserved solely for the underemployed and unemployed.
