tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200669326669138986.post3709198192080069302..comments2024-03-17T06:04:30.315-04:00Comments on The Next Stage: Women and Retirement: A Month of Awesome Women: Eleanor Smealkarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135222421004804653noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200669326669138986.post-72395572163135888132018-11-13T22:55:13.375-05:002018-11-13T22:55:13.375-05:00I'm impressed, I must say. Very rarely do I co...I'm impressed, I must say. Very rarely do I come across a blog thats both informative and entertaining, and let me tell you, you ve hit the nail on the head. Your blog is important. <a href="https://www.idolnetworth.com/" title="net worth" rel="nofollow">net worth</a>Sophie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09769321133171248409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200669326669138986.post-61144840838959484922017-10-30T06:21:41.911-04:002017-10-30T06:21:41.911-04:00This women worked a lot for the rights of the wome...This women worked a lot for the rights of the women, specially those women who work in different kinds of fields. She identify their problems then highlight in bigger platform to get the solutions of these issues. However, I'm looking <a href="https://www.assignmentgeek.com.au/" rel="nofollow">assignment geek writing services</a> and now she has great respect and still work to empower the women.stevenjocbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02803449928354344135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200669326669138986.post-2760104101102140582011-03-21T14:56:07.351-04:002011-03-21T14:56:07.351-04:00Ellie Smeal was the President of my local (Mt. Leb...Ellie Smeal was the President of my local (Mt. Lebanon, PA) NOW chapter around 1970. I was in high school and the youngest member of her group. Ellie gave me my first job, cleaning up a NOW operated child care center (very revolutionary!) and took me to lunch with Gloria Steinem. Wow!<br /><br />Ellie's NOW meetings were very serious, humorless affairs, totally based on passing feminist issue legislation in Pennsylvania. She knew, unlike most NOW members, that passing laws was the most effective way of changing culture.<br /><br />Although I didn't follow her path in law, and I doubt that she has strong memories of me, she has served as a lifelong inspiration to me. I like to think that I've passed her living legacy along to my daughter and son.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981233568335087916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200669326669138986.post-87790033514171469052011-03-20T10:54:03.920-04:002011-03-20T10:54:03.920-04:00My mother and grandmother worked in factories (and...My mother and grandmother worked in factories (and I did too for about a year, too little time to be a credential), standing for long shifts till well into midlife. One was laid off and the other, after cancer surgery, volunteered as an orderly and was hired in that job, continuing till she grew too ill. The current derogation of labor and unions, the holding up of public workers as our enemies and all workers as greedy, is repellent but apparently effective in diverting anger from governmental corporatism. I agree with you and Nance and Smeal, Karen: we must stand with the labor movement in trying to gain dignity and justice for working people. (Justice for those whose "work" generates grotesque benefits, often underwritten with tax dollars and deferments and typically accompanied by nostrums about the free market, would be satisfying but is unlikely.) I hope you don't mind my linking to a sobering article from Mother Jones. When the pay of the average CEO is 185 times the pay of the average worker, we've gone far beyond injustice. http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graphAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200669326669138986.post-19476546503376128012011-03-20T09:36:54.057-04:002011-03-20T09:36:54.057-04:00Nance, You are right that "We are in danger o...Nance, You are right that "We are in danger of moving backward on women's rights."<br /><br />We need a feminist/labor alliance more than ever!!<br /><br />KarenKarenhttp://www.the.next.stage.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200669326669138986.post-18324179221279912002011-03-19T17:53:55.218-04:002011-03-19T17:53:55.218-04:00For me, feminism's natural affiliation with th...For me, feminism's natural affiliation with the labor movement is rooted in stories from my great aunts and grandmothers. During and after the depression, they labored in the textile mills of Piedmont North Carolina when their men were sick, unemployed, or absent (due to travel to seek employment). The mills hired seamstresses, worked them miserably and paid them little.<br /><br />Labor struggled to champion woman and child labor rights. During this tough economic time, I sometimes wonder what it would take to bring jobs back to America. We are in danger of moving backward on women's rights, both politically and under pressure of economics. So often now, it is the woman who is employable in the family, but corporate policies push to work her to death and pay her less; the women have no choice if they hope to keep their families fed.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200669326669138986.post-51578323601781146862011-03-17T22:01:13.137-04:002011-03-17T22:01:13.137-04:00I didn't know about her alliance with labor un...I didn't know about her alliance with labor until I started doing research for book on feminism in Philly.<br /> <br />The more I learn, the more I realize that her organizational talent was key to feminist victories.Karenhttp://www.the-next-stage.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200669326669138986.post-47269602449008609292011-03-16T08:45:49.888-04:002011-03-16T08:45:49.888-04:00You've helped me to view Smeal in a new way, K...You've helped me to view Smeal in a new way, Karen. Her alliance with labor wasn't something I'd known about, and that more inclusive consciousness (to use her word!) makes her the more admirable. Apart from the content of her work, though, is the dedication to spend decade after decade moving toward an often-distant goal. For that, I thank her...and you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com