I found this post featuring the 1943 Guide to Hiring Women. It's taken from Transportation Magazine, and lists 11 "tips" in getting more efficiency out of women workers. It's worth a look.
My favorites:
3. General experience indicates that "husky" girls - those who are just a little on the heavy side - are more even tempered and efficient than their underweight sisters.
4. Retain a physician to give each woman you hire a special physical examination - one covering female conditions. This step not only protects the property against the possibilities of lawsuit, but reveals whether the employee-to-be has any female weaknesses which would make her mentally or physically unfit for the job.
Alas, here we are in 2008, and there still is so far to go. And the culture battle is not just against the redneck, uneducated men who think a women's place in the kitchen. It's the struggle to share a boardroom, a golf course, and, dare I say the Oval Office with men who are quite frankly not sure of how to handle women who can and do compete against them for power, money, and low golf scores.
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