Tags: Futures, Women, Decision making, Workforce, Traditional roles, Continued growth, Technological changes, Gender equality, Gender differences

Women's status in western societies has undergone dramatic changes in the past four decades. The changes since World War II have occurred both in the work place and in the home. In the U.S., women's roles during the war effort began the movement of women out of the home and into the work place. "Rosie the Riveter" established women's legitimate place in the work force, and although many women returned to the home to raise families after the war, many did not. In the sixties and seventies, the economic necessity for many households to maintain two-income families further solidified women's status as workers. The parallel development of a women's rights movement during the sixties furthered women's status by popularizing the plight of women in society. Women also began to get involved in public politics in larger numbers and formed women's lobbying and politics groups, such as the National Organization for Women (NOW).

Futures of women, women of the future.pdf