Summer is close to the end, so catch up on your economic equality lessons with this week’s roundup. If you would like to contribute to our Economic Equality News share it with us on Facebook or Twitter with the hashtag #EENews.

1. History: A Timeline on women’s rights and their money 

The Guardian- When did women get the right to inherit property and open bank accounts? How long did it take until women won the legal right to be served in UK pubs? Our timeline traces women’s financial rights from ancient societies to the present day.

2.Probability:  More Education = Delayed Fertility = More Mobility?

Brookings Institute- Time-use studies find that highly-educated mothers spend more time on all forms of child care than less-educated mothers and are also more likely to change the type of child care based on children’s developmental needs. Mothers with more education and higher incomes score higher on indices of effective parenting than their less advantaged peers.

3.Mathematics:  Two Working Parents, One Sick Kid

The Atlantic – When both mom and dad have jobs, the cultural default is that mom will be the one to take the day off and stay at home. The difficulties of the two-working-parent household: Whose job should take precedence? Who has to call everyone and cancel meetings? Who shoulders the responsibility of family?

4. Technology: EEOC sues Savi Technology for pregnancy discrimination; company disputes charges

The Washington Post- An Alexandria, VA firm has been sued by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly offering a human-resources position to a woman only to pull back the offer after discovering she was a new mother.

5. Health: Our Safety Net Is Failing the Impoverished Women Who Need Birth Control

ThinkProgress- As the number of low-income women who need government assistance to access family planning services has been on the rise, the number of patients served by publicly funded clinics has been falling, according to new data from the Guttmacher Institute.