SWK 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Lesley Gore, Kathrine Switzer
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These pages compare women from 1900 to today. In 1900, only 19% of women had jobs compared to 60% today. The average life expectancy has gone from 48 to 81, and the average number of children has reduced from 4 to 2. Divorce used to be uncommon with only about 0. 5% of marriages ending in divorce, while today that number has risen to 40-50%. This is not necessarily a negative thing as it shows less stigma toward the practice, as well as women not fearing financial instability like they did in the early 20th century. Women today are waiting longer to get married, and the average work week for women reduced from 53 hours per week, to 42 per week. Sounds of struggle: you don"t own me, sung by leslie gore (p. This page gives the lyrics to leslie gore"s song you don"t own me which uses the themes of defiance, self-respect, and independence.
