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Handwritten poem called bucking for a raise<br /><br />
<br /><br />
but dear<br /><br />
he's got a<br /><br />
PhD<br /><br />
10 years less experience<br /><br />
and the right thing dangling <br /><br />
between his legs...<br /><br />
<br /><br />
couldn't expect someone <br /><br />
with one of those<br /><br />
to live on 12 thousand <br /><br />
dollars a year...<br /><br />
<br /><br />
after all, <br /><br />
care and feeding one of them<br /><br />
danglies<br /><br />
must be a whole lot more than for<br /><br />
your six-year-old.<br /><br />
<br /><br />
Susan Sojourner<br /><br />
8 October 1978

"bucking for a raise" Poem

A poem written by Susan Sojourner on the topic of the gender pay gap between men and women in the workforce.

Typed poem called THE BOTTOM LINE KEEPS MOVING LOWER DOWN<br /><br />
<br /><br />
to judy bee<br /><br />
assistant to the director<br /><br />
or even assistant director:<br /><br />
<br /><br />
is it the nature of the job<br /><br />
or of the overseers<br /><br />
that makes us women-under-men<br /><br />
be always seen over?<br /><br />
<br /><br />
our work is always <br /><br />
subsumed<br /><br />
under their names - - <br /><br />
Even When We Get To Sign Our Own<br /><br />
at the bottom.<br /><br />
<br /><br />
and, the bottom line<br /><br />
has a funny way of <br /><br />
moving down<br /><br />
once a woman's name is on it.<br /><br />
<br /><br />
susan sojourner <br /><br />
24 may 1978<br />

"The Bottom Line Keeps Moving Lower Down" Poem

A poem written by Susan Sojourner on the expectations on women in the workforce.

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