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- President Obama speaks at the "Forum on Women and the Economy" on economic security, education, and retirement for women. He talks about the women who have shaped his life, including his mother and grandmother, and their experiences in the workplace. Obama also discusses his administration's efforts to help create economic security for women, and the latest unemployment statics. Obama is introduced by Senior Advisor Valerie Jarret.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-04-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama marks Equal Pay Day at the White House by signing an executive order seeking to strengthen enforcement of equal pay laws for women. He tells the audience that America succeeds when women succeed and that "pay in secrecy fosters discrimination." Obama is introduced by pay equity advocate and author Lilly Ledbetter.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-04-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Fisher talks about earning a doctorate in Islamic and Byzantine Art History while teaching and raising a family and reflects on sharing her love of art and culture with generations of students and art patrons. She discusses her role in developing the docent-training program at Kresge, the value of arts and culture to international understanding and the career opportunities now available to women.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-03-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor of Sociology Soma Chaudhuri delivers a talk entitled, "Organizing in a Precarious World of Work: The Self Employed Women's Association of India". Chaudhuri describes the origins and operations of the Indian group SEWA and their efforts to bring economic justice to Indian women who perform the most undesirable jobs, usually outside of the formal employment structure. A question and answer session follows. Chaudhuri is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, and co-sponsored by the MSU Asian Studies Center, MSU Center for Gender in Global Context, and the MSU Women's Resource Center. Held at the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-02-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor of Sociology Soma Chaudhuri delivers a talk entitled, "Organizing in a Precarious World of Work: The Self Employed Women's Association of India". Chaudhuri describes the origins and operations of the Indian group SEWA and their efforts to bring economic justice to Indian women who perform the most undesirable jobs, usually outside of the formal employment structure. A question and answer session follows. Chaudhuri is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, and co-sponsored by the MSU Asian Studies Center, MSU Center for Gender in Global Context, and the MSU Women's Resource Center. Held at the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-02-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama marks Equal Pay Day at the White House by signing an executive order seeking to strengthen enforcement of equal pay laws for women. He tells the audience that America succeeds when women succeed and that "pay in secrecy fosters discrimination." Obama is introduced by pay equity advocate and author Lilly Ledbetter.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-04-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks at the "Forum on Women and the Economy" on economic security, education, and retirement for women. He talks about the women who have shaped his life, including his mother and grandmother, and their experiences in the workplace. Obama also discusses his administration's efforts to help create economic security for women, and the latest unemployment statics. Obama is introduced by Senior Advisor Valerie Jarret.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-04-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Fisher talks about earning a doctorate in Islamic and Byzantine Art History while teaching and raising a family and reflects on sharing her love of art and culture with generations of students and art patrons. She discusses her role in developing the docent-training program at Kresge, the value of arts and culture to international understanding and the career opportunities now available to women.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-03-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection