Alaskan Native WomenAlaskan Native American Women contribute so much as part of the labor force. Since the beginning of the 1970s native women in Alaska began to enter the work force at a very rapid pace and till this they outnumber men in the labor force. By the 1980s the number of Alaskan native women in the work force went up to 45%, due to unwanted low wage salary jobs by the white women. The native women did not held professional positions yet they outnumbered the U.S. labor force tremendously. Today it still is very similar. Compared to the median earnings for all ethnicity's for a woman, native American woman made $5,279 less. Not only that but native American men also earn less than any other race. Why does this happen? The answer is unknown. Yet native American women are starting to be able to obtain educational achievements and earn more bachelors, masters, and PhD degrees.
Refrences
Cheryl, Thomas. The Economic Status of Alaskan Native Women. Anchorage, AK: Chilkat Institute, 1983.
"Native American/Alaska Native Women." May 2008. Sept. 2008
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This is very important because they do the same work that another group was doing and they get paid less for some strange reason.
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