The document discusses the history of gender equality in the United States from the Shakers in the late 1700s who practiced gender equality, to the women's suffrage movement and passage of the 19th amendment in 1920 granting women the right to vote. It then outlines some continuing issues with gender inequality today such as the gender wage gap and lack of women in political and corporate leadership positions. It concludes by providing recommendations on how to improve equality through equal opportunities, enforcement of rules/policies, and addressing discrimination.

1. Gender Equality
By Nolan Tomczik, Taner
Trembley, Joe Goskesen

2. The Shakers
• The Shakers were one of the first groups
to practice gender equality.
• They were a celibate evangelical group
founded in America in 1774.
• In Shaker society, a woman did not have
to be controlled or otherwise owned by
any man.

3. Timeline of Women’s Rights
• The first gathering devoted to women’s rights
in the United States was held July 19–20,
1848, in Seneca Falls, New York.
• Susan B. Anthony forms Equal Rights
Association, working for universal suffrage in
1867
• On July 4, 1876 in Philadelphia, Susan B.
Anthony reads The Decleration for the Rights
of women from a podium in front of the
Liberty Bell. Later the Suffragists meet in the
historic First Unitarian Church.

4. Continued…
• Woman suffrage amendment first
introduced in US Congress in 1878.
• Idaho is first state to grant Women’s
suffrage in 1896.
• The Nineteenth Amendment, allowing
women the right to vote, is ratified by
Tennessee on August 18, 1920. It
becomes law on August 26.

5. Equality Still An Issue
• Workplace
-In 2011 women made
77cents for every
Dollar a man made, a
gender wage gap of
23%.
-Concentrated in three
fields of work.
Education and Health
services, trade,
transportation and
utilities, and local
government.
-Women in leadership positions: In 2009 only
24% of CEO’s in the United States were
women and earned 74.5% as much as their
male counterparts in the same field.

6. Equality Still an Issue
•
Politics
-Few women run for office due to
•
Political Parties tend to be
unsupportive to female
candidates
•
Voters are more judgmental
of a female candidate due to
Gender Stereotyping that
exists
•
Money is harder to raise
during a campaign then it is
for men most often
-Women only make up 17% of
Congress, but 51% of the
national population

7. Equality Still An Issue
•
•
•
Traditional roles are still expected
of most women; leaving most of
homemaking and childrearing to
women
Women engage in 2 times the
amount of daily chores then men
do
This is still often seen today with
little change taking place to the
“traditional role” mentality

8. How to Improve Equality
• Men and women should be offered equal
opportunities in the following:
• Workplace
• Wages
• Position of work
• Males and females have different
personalities and have a different way of
doing things, but this is no reason to treat
one different from the other.

9. How to Improve Equality
• Rules and policies also need to be
enforced to ensure gender equality.
• Guidelines that are in writing will lead to
the enforcement of gender equality.
• If there are guidelines, then the
discrimination of a particular gender will
decrease in the area in which the
guideline is set.

10. How to Improve Equality
• The person who is in the situation of
being discriminated against needs to
make the head of that organization aware
whether it be teacher, boss, or supervisor.
• If the situation is made aware of, then the
problem can be taken care of.
• Speaking out is a great way to make your
problem known of.

11. Sources
BLS 2010. “Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2009”, Washington, D.C.
[http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2009.pdf]
"Where We Are: 2010 Election Update." Women in Politics Statistics. WCF
Foundation, 2010. Web. 12 Oct. 2013.
http://www.wcffoundation.org/pages/research/women-in-politicsstatistics.html
IWPR, "Pay Equity & Discrimination." — IWPR. Institute For Women's Policy
Research. Web. 12 Oct. 2013. http://www.iwpr.org/initiatives/pay-equity-anddiscrimination