User:Csauced

Proposal
Will add on to the page "Women in the workforce" to the section "Impact issues of female participation in the workforce". So far what I have research for it are the different reasons on why women have to leave the workforce; a reason could because they are pregnant and need to leave once they have the baby in order to rest. I need to research more on the family leave topic and need to look at more articles that talk more specifically about it. I also decided to link in the article the family and medical leave act since it gives mothers and fathers the ability to take days off in order to take care of a newborn or a sick family member.

2/28/15

 * Started to write down which subjects in the library website that would best fit with the section I am going to need information on. Some the subjects that best fit where anthropology, education, history, and sociology.

3/3/15
Search Words: "Women in the Workforce"
 * Looked through the subjects was some resources that went a little with my section, but not many that I could use or that went more depth with the section I need information on.

3/10/15
Search words: "Family leave" and "Women in the Workforce" More Search words: "Issues" and "Women Workforce"
 * Database: Academic Search Premier

Reference: Scharlach, A. E., & Grosswald, B. (1997). The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. Social Service Review,71(3), 335-359.

Reference: Miller, J. E., & Hollenshead, C. (2005). Gender, Family, and Flexibility -Why They're Important in the Academic Workplace. Change, 37(6), 58-62.

Found two resources that I could use and that have something to do with the section I am writing about. The first reference talks about the family and medical leave act of 1993 and how it is helpful for both women and men when it comes to being able to leave work in order to take care of a newborn or a sick relative. The second reference talks about how gender, family and the flexibility of them all are important when it comes to the workplace.

3/17/15

 * Tried to look for more resources in the Database Academic Search Premier was not able to find that many.

3/26/15
Search Words: "Issues" and "Women in the Workforce"
 * Looked for more sources through the Database: Historical Abstracts and could not find any similar with the section I am writing about.

Rough Draft
Women in the workforce have tripled and as their numbers increase it has been hard for both mothers and fathers to be able to take care of their own newborn child or a sick family member. The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 has allowed for workers to have up to 12 weeks a year to leave work.