April 28th is “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.” This day was created by the Ms. Foundation for Women in the 1980’s as "Take Our Daughters to Work Day" to encourage girls and young women to experience the atmosphere of work and to understand the different areas in which women work. It will be celebrated in 2005 as a family-oriented event.
Large numbers of women entered the work force in the 1940’s during World War II. While their husbands and brothers were off fighting, women took their places in the factories and on assembly lines. After the war, women were released from their jobs because employers had promised soldiers that they would have work when they returned home.
Many women chose not to return to their pre-war lives. For years, their employment options seemed to be limited to jobs as secretaries and teachers. Today women work in every field imaginable, from chief executives of major corporations to research scientists. Some inequities still exist, though. Studies have shown that in many jobs, women only make 85 cents for every dollar that a man makes.
If this last statement is true and Owen makes $50,000 a year as an architect, how much would Anna make at the same job?