2. Fifty-percent of all families headed by women of color are living in poverty.
True
False
3.
Occupation, not education, is the most important variable affecting earnings.
True
False
4.
True
False
The most important factor in reducing the likelihood that displaced
homemakers and single mothers will live in poverty is increased education.
5.
True
False
Teen mothers are more likely to finish high school and postpone subsequent
pregnancies when they are enrolled in school during pregnancy and after
childbirth.
6.
True
False
Men are entering the workforce at twice the rate of women and are leaving
the workforce at a slower rate than women.
True
False
7.
On the average, women can expect to be in the workforce longer than men.
True
False
8.
Women with high school degrees earn the same as men with high school
degrees.
True
False
9.
Females continue to be clustered into traditionally female occupations.
True
False
10.
The ratio of girls to boys in computer courses is equal.
True
False
11. Women who take more than two college-level math courses often achieve
pay equity with men.
True
False
12.
Women now account for 52% of the labor force.
True
False
13. On average, women make 78.5 cents for every $1.00 that men make.
True
False
14. At the current rate of change, the wage gap will not be eliminated until the
year 2039.
True
False
15. Over the course of her career, the average woman loses approximately
$50,000 to the wage gap.

On november 17, 1968, football fans across the united states sat glued to their televisions. a close game between two top teams—the new york jets and the oakland raiders—was being broadcast. when the jets pulled ahead with only fifty seconds remaining, viewers went wild. but then, just as the raiders were bringing the ball across midfield, the game disappeared from the screen! in its place, a previously scheduled children's movie, heidi, started playing. callers flooded the tv network's phone lines, but it was too late. the raiders scored two touchdowns in the very final moments—touchdowns that were unseen by all but west coast viewers. as a result of the interrupted event, dubbed "the heidi game," television networks began delaying their regularly scheduled programs until football games had ended.

Read the following scene from trifles. sheriff (chuckling). married to the law. (moves toward the other room.) i just want you to come in here a minute, george. we ought to take a look at these windows. county attorney (scoffingly). oh, windows! sheriff. we’ll be right out, mr. hale. (hale goes outside. the sheriff follows the county attorney into the other room. then mrs. hale rises, hands tight together, looking intensely at mrs. peters, whose eyes take a slow turn, finally meeting mrs. hale’s. a moment mrs. hale holds her, then her own eyes point the way to where the box is concealed. suddenly mrs. peters throws back quilt pieces and tries to put the box in the bag she is wearing. it is too big. she opens box, starts to take the bird out, cannot touch it, goes to pieces, stands there . sound of a knob turning in the other room. mrs. hale snatches the box and puts it in the pocket of her big coat. enter county attorney and sheriff.) county attorney (facetiously). well, henry, at least we found out that she was not going to quilt it. she was going to—what is it you call it, ladies! mrs. hale (her hand against her pocket). we call it—knot it, mr. henderson. what changes might a director or screenwriter make to the original version of this scene in order to best emphasize the mood? cut dialogue from the scene to make it a more appropriate length update the setting to appeal to a more modern-day audience omit the actions of the characters to avoid confusion and chaos include the use of lighting, camera angles, and sound effects

Which character shows external character development in the crucible