At Mars, the Evolution of Female Leaders Started Early
March 23, 2017
March 23, 2017
MCLEAN, Va., March 23 -- Mars issued the following news release:
During World War II, women had flocked to the workforce, filling in for men fighting overseas. But when the war ended, employers pushed women back where they'd started: to the home front. Congress, one senator declared, should "force wives and mothers back to the kitchen." Unions kept separate seniority lists for women, denying them benefits given to men. In one post-war ad, a daughter asks her working mom . . .
During World War II, women had flocked to the workforce, filling in for men fighting overseas. But when the war ended, employers pushed women back where they'd started: to the home front. Congress, one senator declared, should "force wives and mothers back to the kitchen." Unions kept separate seniority lists for women, denying them benefits given to men. In one post-war ad, a daughter asks her working mom . . .