Born Female Author:Caroline Bird *Note: This book is vintage and was orignially printed in the 1960's, while it is slightly outdated, it is nostalgic, all the same* — WOMEN ARE UNDERPRIVILEDGED. — Caroline Bird Charges. — Thirty million working women in America have been systematically trained to accepted inferior status with humility, to recieve unequal pay for equal work, an... more »d to be penalized for having children. And because they have been brainwashed into believing that they should prefer domesticity to an active, exhilarating life in the world, they are afraid to complain. Here are the facts on one of today's greatest injustices.
*A girl needs higher marks to enter college than a boy.
*A Princeton graduate is given an aptitude test.... A Vassar graduate takes a TYPING test.
*Women are disqualified for many top jobs because they "don't have wives".
*A male bank teller earns $5 to $31 more than a female bank teller.
*In certain fields, $12,000 is the maximum salary a women executive can get-regardless of her talent and experience.« less