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Here are the answers to this week's questions, found on page 2 of This Week.

Questions and answers are supplied by the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women, from their 2002 publication, 'Celebrating Achievers: A Quiz on New Brunswick Women's History'.

36. International Women's Day is held on March 8, a date chosen by the United Nations in 1977. On March 8, 1857, female workers in the garment industry in New York went on strike for better working conditions.

37. The New Brunswick givernment changed their policy on employing married women in 1967.

Before that date, women who married while they were employed by the provincial government lost their jobs; some married women could be hired as casuals but not as permanent employees.

Women had to be separated or divorced or married to an unemployable man before they could be considered for permanent employment.

This was a common practice among employers. Note that men who married often received a bonus from their employer.

38. Women were finally given the same responsibilities as men on juries in 1972, thanks to the efforts of Muriel McQueen Fergusson of Fredericton who began lobbying on the issue in the early 1950s.

39. In 2001, Heather Steele of Oromocto became the first female licensed plumber in New Brunswick.

40. In 1965, the minimum wage in New Brunswick was finally standardized for female and male workers.

The complete document is available online at the New Brunswick Advisory Council for the Status of Women's website, located at www.acswcccf.nb.ca.