As a female I found this subject to be very important because as we all know there is still a lot of work to be done to have an "equal playing ground" when it comes to men and women of any color in the work force. According to http://www.now.org/nnt/08-95/affirmhs.html, "In 1967, Johnson expanded the Executive Order to include affirmative action requirements to benefit women." So, think about that for a second. Before, President Johnson there was no such thing as equal rights for women in the workforce. Women could be denyed a job purely based on the fact that they were a female. Of course, in America today we know that this type of discrimination can't be allowed. It is hard to fathom the fact that women were not allowed to have the same rights as everyone else enjoyed. I am so grateful as a female that Affirmative Action became a law so that all minorities in our country can be judged based on their skill and not on their gender, ethnicity, or religion.