Women’s leading occupations remained nearly unchanged from 1970 to 2000

Evidence

For instance, the top-ranked positions for women in 1970 were secretaries, bookkeepers, and elementary school teachers; in the first decade of the 2000s, the leading occupations for female professionals were remarkably similar: administrative assistants, cashiers, and elementary and middle school teachers. — Brooke Erin Duffy, (Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love, 71

Categorization

• SEED: Striking, concrete evidence for stalled progress feminism in the workforce — usable to challenge ‘lean-in’ progress narratives.
• XREF: connects to: Women’s representation in computing professions has declined since the 1980s — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 710; Raising women and minority membership leaves labor culture unchanged. — Silke Roth, Intersectionality and coalitions in…, 232

Broader Connections

• Women’s representation in computing professions has declined since the 1980s #qualifies (0.75) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 710