Annotated Bibliography

Works Cited

2014 Feminist Majority Foundation.  Sexual Harassment Fact Sheet. Web. 25 Sep. 2014.

This website page was used to reference and use the legal remedies for sexual harassment under civil law and to reference on how to help prevent sexual discrimination and harassment.

Aliprantis, Dionissi, Timothy Dunne and Kyle Fee. The Growing Difference in College Attainment between Women and Men. 10 October 2011. 30 September 2014.

This source provided statistics about the difference in levels of education between men and women, both as they are today, and where they were, and allows for projection with regard to where they are likely heading, provided that current trends hold true.

BURWELL, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ET AL. v. HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC., ET AL. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. 30 June 2014.Supremecourt.gov. United States Supreme Court, 30 June 2014. Web. 29 Sept. 2014.

This source is a Supreme Court decision on the Hobby Lobby case. It details the reasoning for the decision and also includes a dissent by the justices that were opposed to the decision. The United States Supreme Court is the highest judicial court in the US. Their decisions create precedents that affect the outcome of future cases. The source was use to explain the reasoning for the Hobby Lobby case. The dissent was quoted several times to evaluate how this court decision can and will affect working women.

Civil Rights Act of 1964. No. Pub.L. 88-352 Stat 241. United States Congress. 2 July 1964.

This citation allowed me to fully understand and quote parts of the Civil Rights act of 1964 itself and apply it to support points in my paper.

CollegeTimes. 10 Surprising Statistics on Women in the Workplace. 15 February 2010. 30 September 2014.

This was a more common language source of materials and statistics similar to the others, but explained in a way that I could both quote and allow for an easier grasp on the data, that was otherwise difficult to interpret and put into an essay.

Demand Media. Essortment: The Equal Pay Act of 1963. 2011. 25 September 2014.

This site provided background information and clarification in plain language on parts of the law that I wasn’t as familiar with as I was with the other laws mentioned in my paper.

EEOC. Equal Employment Opportunity is The Law. November, 2009. Web. 25 Sep. 2014.

This Information board by the United States Equal Opportunity Commission was used as a guide to reference the number of protections under Federal law in relation to sexual harassment. It sections off the different types of sexual harassment, these sections include: race, ethnicity, disability, genetics, retaliation, age, sex, genetics, and retaliation.    

EEOC. Facts About Sexual Harassment. Web. 25 Sep. 2014. This website page from the

United States Equal Opportunity Commission addresses sexual harassment, pertaining to its definition and summarizes some key prevention notices and support by law.

"Faculty Development." What Is Equality and Diversity? NHS, 2012. Web. 30 Sept. 2014.

The article outlines the meaning of equality and diversity and how it pertains to the labor force. The NHS is the National Health Services, a branch of the Department of Health. Its goals are to provide care when people are ill, but also to provide information to create a healthier lifestyle. The source was used as means to provide a different take on the word equality as it equates to the work field beyond a simple definition that ignores the complexity of real life scenarios.

Finley, Ben. "Cloudy Contraception Costs." FactCheckorg. FactCheck.org, 24 Feb. 2012. Web. 30 Sept. 2014.

This article explains the inconclusive figures of contraception costs. Its purpose was to provide a resource for people curious about the claims politicians were making about contraception costs. Ben Finley is a staff writer for Factcheck.org, who graduated with honors from The Ohio State University. He has won multiple journalism awards. This source was used as a means to attach some numbers to the potential changes in contraceptive costs as outlined in the state to state differences. It was mainly used to explain that overall providing contraception was the more cost effective method than dealing with unplanned pregnancies.

Fuller, Jaime. "Here’s What You Need to Know about the Hobby Lobby Case." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2014. Web. 28 Sept. 2014.

The article was written as a guide to highlight the important, need to

know, facts about the Hobby Lobby case. Gives the who, what, where, when, and why. Jaime Fuller is a political writer for The Washington Post. The Washington Post is a Pulitzer prize winning publication. The article was used as a reference for quotes and a source to find points for further research.

Graham, Janis. "Other Reasons to Take the Pill." WebMD. WebMD. Web. 29 Sept. 2014.

This page on WebMD is a list of other uses for  birth control.Dr. Janis

Graham has practiced medicine for 30 years. She graduated from the

University of Washington in 1984 and specializes in family medicine. The source was used to identify other medical uses for birth control. It establishes birth control as far more useful than its explicit purpose.

Grossman, Deborah L. Brake & Joanna L. "Title VII’s Protection Against Pay Discrimination: ." REGIONAL LABOR REVIEW, 2007.

This citation provided general background information on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and clarified subtleties about resetting statutes of limitations that I didn’t quite understand.

Petrocelli, William. Repa, Barbara Kate. Sexual Harassment On The Job: What It Is &

How To Stop It (4th Ed.), Web. 25 Sep. 2014.

An excerpt from this book was cropped to address and identify the problems and causes of sexual harassment. It obtained information from psychological theories about male self perception and the Economics of women’s work in the workplace, which I sued for citing references for support on the causes and effects of sexual harassment.

Reifman, Schlomo. "America's Largest Private Companies." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 06 Nov. 2008. Web. 30 Sept. 2014.

The article ranks the US' largest private companies. Forbes magazine is

one of the top sources for financial and business information. Highly trusted amongst industry leaders. This webpage was used as cited credible source to display how many privately owned companies there are. The information was used to establish the potential scale of the hobby lobby decision.

Robertson, Lori. "Colorado's Contraception Controversy." FactCheckorg. FactCheck.org, 16 Sept. 2014. Web. 29 Sept. 2014.

This article outlines the ongoing debate in Colorado about

contraception. It explains the points that each candidate is making and

how accurate their claims are. Lori Robertson is the managing editor of factcheck.org and has worked as a journalist for nine years. Fact check.org is a nonpartisan organization that aims to increase voter knowledge by identifying and reporting the validity of claims made by politicians, and their ads. The article was used as a discussion tool to explore the current hot issue of birth control. It was used to express potential alternative solutions to the debate. Gives even evidence of the importance of this contemporary issue.

Schwartz, John. "Between the Lines of the Contraception Decision." The New York Times. The New York Times, 29 June 2014. Web. 26 Sept. 2014.

The article further explains the outcome of the hobby lobby trial. It takes directly from the written supreme Court decision and explains their meaning. John Schwartz is the the New York Times national legal correspondent and is in charge of covering court cases. The New York Times is a world renowned news publication.

The Equal Pay Act of 1963. No. 88-38, 77 STAT 56. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 10 June 1963. Document.

Provided the language I needed to quote in my paper in order to tie The Civil Rights Act and The Equal Pay Act together.

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. No. PL 111-2, 123 Stat-5. United States Congress. 29 January 2009.

Like mentioned above, I used the actual law itself along with Grossman’s essay to expand from The Equal Pay Act of 1963 and The Civil Rights Act of 1964 into the more recent developments of The Lilly Ledbetter case in 2009.

University of Minnesota. Sexual Harassment: Explore the Issue. Web. 25 Sep. 2014.             

The section pertaining to sexual harassment was used on the University of Minnesota’s website to reference and point out the causes, effects, preventions, reporting, remedies and definitions of sexual discrimination and harassment in the workplace.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS Spotlight on Statistics. March 2011. 30 September 2014.

Material from the Bureau of Labor Statistics provided raw and impartial data that I was able to use to reinforce my point in the understanding of the reader. I liked it as a source because there was no spin to it, only raw information that I was able to mold into paragraphs in my paper.