Happy Women's Day! (March 8) | St Patrick's Day (March 17) | Help keep Care2 eCards FREE by supporting great causes! | Denounce Rush Limbaugh's Anti-Women Tirade | Recently Rush Limbaugh called Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and "prostitute" after she stood up in Congress to speak against Republican attacks on birth control. Standing up for women's health care doesn't make you a "slut." Tell Republicans to publicly denounce Limbaugh's tirade against women. | | |
| Hi Arfin, Celebrate Women's Day with a Care2 eCard! DID YOU KNOW? In the years surrounding the turn of the 20th century, women were entering the workplace in larger numbers than ever before, thanks largely to the expansion of nineteenth century industrialism. The jobs they filled were segregated by gender and were mainly in the areas of manufacturing, textiles and in domestic services where working conditions were dismal, and wages even worse. The political climate was one of turmoil and change - Socialism and Trade Unionism were coming into being as working people the world over sought to improve their status and working conditions. Additionally, Women's Suffrage, the right to vote, was a still un-realized goal. More... | |
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