March is women’s history month, a month in which we take pause to consider how far women have come, with the realization of how far we still have to go. As of 2006, women are bringing home 77 cents on the dollar that men do.
In contributing to the history lesson, I’d like to direct your attention to the Transportation Magazine(1943) article “Eleven Tips on Getting More Efficiency out of Women’s Employees,” posted over at the blog Get Shouty!
My favorite tips:
3. While there are exceptions, of course, to this rule, general experience indicates that “husky” girls — those who are just a little on the heavy side — are likely to be more even-tempered and efficient than their underweight sisters.
6. Give the female employe in garage or office a definite day-long schedule of duties so that she’ll keep busy without bothering the management for instructions every few minutes. Numerous properties say that women make excellent workers when they have their jobs cut out for them but that they lack initiative in finding work themselves.
8. Give every girl an adequate number of rest periods during the day. Companies that are already using large numbers of women stress the fact that you have to make some allowances for feminine psychology. A girl has more confidence and consequently is more efficient if she can keep her hair tidied, apply fresh lipstick and wash her hands several times a day.
From my work experiences, women tend to crank out more work product in less time than men. And they definitely don’t need a map or plump, glossy lips to get it done.
