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Show Women as Workers 4 e,:,aluated role of women in American life, examined their needs, and SOCIal, and their potential contribution to the country's economic,. . political development. contained many The Commission's Report, Ameru:a Women, far-reaching recommendations .that envIsIOned full te Feeral ... partnership for women in the affairs of and the Citizens AdVISOry level the Interdepartmental Committee followed through on the work of Council on the Status of Women have the NatIon At level 45 Commissions on the the original Commission. At the State full recognition and utiliza the made Status of Women have not only of wide concern but have matter a tion of the Nation's womanpower At all levels women. for achieved many gains greater interest has been aroused in- educating, counseling, and training women for their responsibilities as homemakers, mothers, and workers. Women are promised equality and greater economic opportunity under Government programs that mark the beginning of a new nation al effort to eradicate discrimination based on sex, race, and age. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is of particular interest to women, since its employment provisions prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of sex, as well as race, color, religion, or national origin. The Equal Pay Act of 1963, which became effective in 1964, promises better discrimination on the wage protection for women by prohibiting wage issued Order Executive basis of sex. 'February 12, 1964, is 11141, broad the women older implications of the order, which by helping and subcontractors from contractors Government prohibits Federal workers in recruitment and older discrimination against arbitrary employment. The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 commits the Nation to The act affects remove the causes and consequences of poverty. It is designed to help develop the potentialities women as it does men. of the most severely disadvantaged of our people, many of whom are 2 women. A society that aspires toward greatness must make use of every individual's talents and abilities, and it must give each and everyone the opportunity to participate fully in the social and economic life of the country. President Johnson said, in connection with his search for talented women for Federal Government jobs: My whole aim in promoting women and picking out more women to serve in this Administration is. to underline our profound belief that w can waste no talent, we can frustrate no creative power, we can neglect no skill in our search for an open and just and challenging society. 2 The programs of this act are di.8C1lssed in section 91. |
