On this episode of Talk of Iowa, national and local organizers of the Women's strike, Rachel O'Leary Carmona and Tracy Jones, join host Charity Nebbe to encourage women not to go to work or spend any money on the second anniversary of the Dobbs decision. The Des Moines strike will take place at the Iowa Capitol Building on Monday, June 24. Davenport organizers are hosting a day of action in Vanderveer Park on Saturday, June 22.
Later in the author, Jessica Calarco, author of Holding it Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net joins the program. Calarco discusses the history of women in the workforce. Then, Mary Noonan, associate professor in the department of sociology and criminology at the University of Iowa, discusses the wage gap and women's current roles in the workforce.
Guests:
- Rachel O'Leary Carmona, executive director, Women’s March Network
- Tracy Jones, Iowa women’s strike organizer
- Jessica Calarco, associate professor of sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, author, Holding it Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net
- Mary Noonan, associate professor, department of sociology and criminology, University of Iowa
