Ambahr Morales-Cuevas

Sara Islas
Monologue Group
02 / 22 / 16
We are no different.
Women were often told, You stay at home and be a housewife, we dont need a woman in our factory.
Would always judge us for wanting to work outside our home, leaving our kids home, no food or drink to
sustain them.
Rejected, thrown out and completely hopeless, we would walk back home, finding our children there,
waiting, with hope sparkling in their eyes.
We are no different.
Owners looked us in the eye, and laughed, Why would a woman want to work? We wanted to prove
them wrong.
And when we finally did, it was harsh.
The Industrial Revolution pulled men out of work and into the war.
We would get pulled out of our house and into their old jobs.
We are no different.
Getting paid 79 cents of what men made, lower positions in jobs and less work meant more sacrifices for
the family.
Men assumed supervisory roles over women and received higher wages.
And, as women, we were useless, for a while.
We are no different.
Most women were expected to work both at home and in very harsh working conditions, despite having to
care for children at the end of the day.
As a result of the need for wages in the growing cash economy, families became dependent on the wages
of women and children.
In 1950, only 37% of women ages 25-54 participated in the labor force -- meaning they had a job or were
looking for one. The number rose rapidly, climbing to 745 by 1990.
But then, the progress stopped.
The reason:
Men returned from war.
Factory Owners got their workers back,
Women were taken for granted.
We were suddenly out of job positions,
In lower stages of work.
We are no different.
This was unfair.
We protested.
We fought.
Until, there was nothing left.
We are no different.
You may be the man of the house,
But we are also the women of the house.
Dont forget it.