Current+Status+of+Women

A recent National Organization for Women research study in 2007 found that even after the Equal Pay Act of 1963, women still make $0.78 for every $1.00 earned by men for a full-time year round job. The gap gets even wider when for African American women making $0.69 and Latinas making $0.59 for every man's $1.00. Also, in another study, The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that women still only make up: 10.8% of all engineers; 1.4% of all auto mechanics; 1.8% of all carpenters; 30.6% of all doctors; 29.2% of all lawyers; and about 45% of today's workforce. So as far as equal pay, job opportunity and overall women's right are concerned, the United States and other countries have come a long way however all still struggle to ensure true equal human and women's rights. By leaving her husband, Nora may have been able to ensure herself more freedoms that would be earned by staying with him. The last line of the play was spoken by Helmer saying,"She's gone. The greatest miracle-?" (Ibsen 114). If Ibsen would have made a sequel to //Dollhouse//, would the main beneficiary be Torvald or Nora? No one will ever know... To understand the Equal Pay Act of 1963 better, click hereor on the photo below!



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