"A New World for Working Women"
Journal article
By: William F. Schnitzler
Date: August 1963
Source: Schnitzler, William F. "A New World For Working Women." American Federationist 70, No. 1, August 1963, 18–22.
About the Author: William F. Schnitzler, the Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO in the early 1960s, had long been interested in the concerns of women in the workforce. Schnitzler served on President John F. Kennedy's (served 1961–1963) landmark Commission on the Status of Women, which, by exploring many concerns of working women—in particular, the question of "equal pay for equal work"—helped launch the next wave of the feminist movement.
Introduction
American women, curiously enough, have had to liberate themselves twice during the twentieth century. On the initial occasion, a time that coincided roughly with the Progressive era, women entered the professions, attended...
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