Work for male supervisors and managers.
The economy was growing in the 1960s, which caused more people to join the workforce. So, women that used to be stay-at-home moms started to get jobs.
Contextualization
The 1960s were very discriminatory times, women and people of color were not treated equally to white men. Gender roles were strictly enforced and people did not believe that women could do the same jobs as men. Many people thought that women should only be wives and mothers.
Women only comprised 32% of the workforce, and many worked part-time.
Inequality In the Workplace
Due to the discriminatory beliefs of employers, women were unable to get promotions. Many people did not believe that women had the ability to lead, so they were not promoted. Additionally, almost all managers were men, which meant that women tended to work under the supervision of men.
The Family and Medical Leave Act, which gave women some right to maternity leave, was not introduced until 1993. Additionally, employers would discriminate against women that wanted to take off time for maternity leave because it would affect the company.
Sexual harassment was also extremely common in the workplace. Because men did not see women as equal, women often faced harassment. Also, there was almost no way to report this harassment as most men did not believe women.
