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1、Lesson3WomenLeapOffCorporateLadderPastofUSWomen’sStatusInhistory,therewasalongtimewhenwomanwaslegallytreatedassubsidiaryofman.Duringallherlife,manwasherownerormanager.Awomanshouldobeywhathermanorherfathersaidandservetheman’sneed.Therewasnoneedtohaveeducat
2、ion,knowledgewasasignofstatus.Forthisreason,womenhadnorightinpoliticsandnoonewouldhireapersonlackinginskillsandknowledge.However,conditionshavechanged.PoliticsIn1874,women’ssuffragewasnotarightinherentinthenationalcitizenship.Infactwomenwerelegallybarredf
3、romvotinginnationalelectionsuntiltheNineteenthAmendmenttotheConstitutionin1920In2001,22%oflegislatorswerewomen.Theyear2006canbeviewedasAmericanwomen’spoliticyear.WomenfromtheDemocraticPartyweresobrightinthepastAmericanmid-termelections.EconomyBackin1990,o
4、nly1/4ofU.S.womenwereinthelaborforce.In2000,60%ofwomenagedsixteenandoverworkedforincome,and3/4ofwomenworkedfulltime.now,theproportionoffemales’companieswas40%ofthewholecompaniesintheU.S.EducationInthepast,womenreceivedlittleschoolingbecausetheirliveswenta
5、roundhome.In1970,womenjustearned17%ofbachelordegreesinthenaturalsciences,computerscience,andengineering.in1998,womeneared57%ofmaster’sdegreesand42%ofdoctorates(including56%ofallPh.D.sinsociology).Womenhavealsobrokenintomanyfieldsthatusedtobeoccupiedbyalmo
6、stallmalesResistance!Inhistory,Americanwomenmadetwo feministmovements,they obtained many important rights such asthe right to vote,the right to arrange wealth by them and the right to control birth, etc.Today,more and more women have real power in hands
7、both in the field of politics and economy.American women are the powerful groupthat can not be underestimated in modernsociety.HillaryClinton,the67thsecretaryofstate,formersenatorandtheformerfirstladySarahPalin, thegovernorofAlaska'syoungestandwas nominat
8、edasvicepresidentialcandidatein2008ThetextAgrowingnumberofwomenabandonasuccessfulcorporatecareertolaunchtheirownbusiness.BarrierstoadvancementMoreflexibilityAnentrepreneurialsparkresultCorporation——manycorporationsa
