Science news articles about 'women in the workforce'

... Montréal study. Plug-in conveniences transformed women's lives and enabled them to enter ... electric stove," says Cardia. "The result is that women flooded the workforce. In 1900, five percent of married ...

... smoking and greater exposure to dangers in the workplace, but the gap has persisted even as women swelled the workforce and took up smoking in greater numbers. "While some researchers have asked why ...

... equality between genders reflects the entry of the most able women to the workforce rather than better pay. While ... gender wage gap in the United States, women's wages grew from the late 1970s to the mid ...