In the 1940’s Rosie the Riveter was the woman of the day.
In the Seventies, Women’s Liberation raised our pay.
Now in 2010, Women Entrepreneurs and those reentering the workforce are leading the way.
Our country needed women to work when our men went into WWII. We obliged, and felt more liberated than ever. At the end of the war most women went back home. Those who remained in the workforce often felt trapped under a glass ceiling.
Equal pay for equal work was the new – and just – cause. At least for some, the glass ceiling was raised and women – the daughters and grand-daughters of Rosie the Riveter – forged ahead in the work place.
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