Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumEVERYONE KNOWS that when you're ASKED to resign, the alternative is to be fired.
That's what happened to Elizabeth Warren -- and everyone here should be defending her on this point, even if they favor another candidate.
They "showed her the door" -- means they "wanted" her to walk through it. And if she had said no, they would have publicly pushed her out. Her "choice." She had nothing to gain in that era by fighting them on this. She could retain her dignity -- and a future letter of recommendation -- by submitting her resignation. Or she could say no, and be fired.
This is an issue that affected most women in that era -- and could affect us again, if the Trumpers get their way.
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2019/10/teachers_could_be_fired_for_being_pregnant.html?fbclid=IwAR3X0B-rSe6bL7nCjXk5XNptGIjKUTFj56I5a0pIMjCSnSeXfca5Q3KNm_A
Experts say it was extremely common for pregnant teachers to be forced out of the classroom through the 1970s. In fact, up until the World War II era, it was common for teachers to be asked to leave or be fired when they got married.
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"In New York City, you were more likely to find a pregnant teacher because of how vocal the unions would be," she said. "It was highly unusual in suburban New Jersey to see a pregnant teacher."
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A National Education Association survey in 1970 found that most school districts required teachers to take unpaid maternity leaves when they were four or five months pregnant, and their job often wasn't guaranteed when the baby was born.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,873 posts)In 1969 I was an airline ticket agent at National Airport in Washington DC. In the fall of that year my airline had a lay-off. Nearly 50 years later I'm still outraged that the one agent (of the five of us girls working there) laid off was the one who was pregnant, not the most junior hire. It struck me then as wrong, and it still strikes me as wrong.
This sort of thing was totally common at that time, and too few people questioned it.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)Or they are wet behind the ears, and ignorant of recent history.
Yes, pregnancy discrimination affected women in almost all job situations.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Why do you think the Republican Party survives.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueMTexpat
(15,370 posts)Thanks for posting.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ms liberty
(8,591 posts)And are women, we know what it was like.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Lonestarblue
(10,041 posts)Too many people dont know the reality of being a working female in the 1960s and 70s. I still remember the discussions in my first job about why men were paid higher salaries for the same job than women because they had to support families, as if women were working just for the fun of it! Also having to watch men be promoted over deserving, and often better qualified, women. I get really tired of the failure of the media to report stories like this responsibly.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Native
(5,943 posts)until the Senate passed the Equal Credit Opportunity Act in 1974.
Bottom line - Women carrying children didnt have complete protection and access to benefits until the 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act was passed.
Not to mention being last in line to be granted the right to vote. My MIL passed away a couple of years ago,. and when she was born women couldn't vote. In contrast with reality, people act like this was centuries ago.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mgardener
(1,817 posts)For a married women to be asked if she was pregnant or if she was planning on being pregnant during a job interview.
I think up until 1979 or 80.
I know I was asked.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)As it is, I was working for someone else when I finally got pregnant, and I did leave voluntarily. But with the first boss, I would have liked to keep working, if I could have made it work out. When he said what he said I realized pregnancy wasn't an option.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)female and half that number were in their twenties.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hekate
(90,769 posts)Shockingly, still so necessary a reminder.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hekate
(90,769 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden