Women Working, 1870-1930

The Harvard University Library Open Collections Program mines Harvard’s large number of libraries to create digital collections of primary historical materials for use by teachers, students, and researchers. Women Working is OCP’s first project, a searchable archive of materials to be drawn ultimately from 2,200 books, 1,000 photographs, and 10,000 pages of manuscript collections. The site can be searched by keyword or browsed by topic. … [ Read more ]

e-magnify.com

Seton Hill University’s National Education Center for Women in Business, started in 1991, offers programs tailored to women entrepreneurs. E-magnify is the online arm of the initiative, and women in business would do well to check out the resources offered here. Under the frequently updated “Articles” section is a wealth of good advice on running a small business, with titles ranging from “Promoting Your Business … [ Read more ]

Earning Differences Between Women and Men

Earning Differences Between Women and Men is a report from the US Department of Labor Women’s Bureau. This short report is peppered with charts and graphs from government agencies including the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report explains that the wage gap still exists, with men earning on average 23.5 percent more than women. While the wage gap is shrinking, it … [ Read more ]

Unheard Voices: American Women in the Emerging Industrial and Business Age

The Harvard Business School presents Unheard Voices: American Women in the Emerging Industrial and Business Age. This manuscript collection, housed at the Harvard’s Baker Library, was extensively researched and surveyed in May 1999. Along with detailed descriptions of the collection, the site also offers a sample of digitized manuscripts. The collection is divided into four major categories: Women at Work, Women in Business, Women as … [ Read more ]

Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 1999

This .pdf report comes from the Current Population Survey, a survey of the US Census Bureau, and represent nearly 50,000 US households. The main body of the report contains 18 data tables, incl. “Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics,” “Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and sex,” and “Median usual weekly earnings … [ Read more ]