WOMEN IN HISTORY
Facts for Features Women’s History Month: March 2011 Education
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ational Women’s History Month dates back to March 8, 1857, when women
from New York City factories staged a protest over working conditions. Interna- tional Women’s Day was first observed in 1909, but it wasn’t until 1981 that Con- gress established National Women’s His- tory Week to be commemorated the sec- ond week of March. In 1987, Congress expanded the week to a month. Every year since, Congress has passed a resolution for Women’s History Month, and the President has issued a proclamation.
157.2 million The number of females in the United
States as of Oct. 1, 2010. The number of males was 153.2 million. At 85 and older, there were more than twice as many women as men.
Motherhood 82.8 million Estimated number of mothers of all ages in the United States. 1.9 Average number of children that wom-
en 40 to 44 had given birth to as of 2008, down from 3.1 children in 1976, the year the Census Bureau began collecting such data. The percentage of women in this age group who had given birth was 82 percent in 2008, down from 90 percent in 1976.
Earnings
$36,278 The median annual earnings of women
15 or older who worked year-round, full time, in 2009, up 1.9 percent from $35,609 in 2008 (after adjusting for inflation). Women earned 77 cents for every $1 earned by men. The ratio of women’s-to-men’s earn-
ings in the District of Columbia in 2009, among the highest of any state or state equivalent in the nation, with a ratio at or above 80 percent, along with Arizona, California, Nevada, New York, Florida, North Carolina, Texas and Maryland. 60
13%
29.9 million Number of women 25 and older with a
bachelor’s degree or more education in 2009, higher than the corresponding num- ber for men (28.7 million). Women had a larger share of high school diplomas, as well as associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees. More men than women had a professional or doctoral degree. Percentage of women 25 and older
who had obtained a bachelor’s degree or more as of 2009.
55%
Percentage of college students in fall 2008 who were women.
Businesses
$1.2 trillion Receipts for women-owned businesses
in 2007. There were 141,893 women- owned businesses with receipts of $1 mil- lion or more.
7.8 million The number of women-owned busi-
nesses in 2007. Women owned 29 percent of all nonfarm businesses; 910,761 of these were employer firms. Women were also equal owners with men of another 4.6 million businesses.
7.6 million Number of people employed by wom- en-owned businesses in 2007. There were 7,644 women-owned businesses with 100 or more employees, generating $357.9 billion in gross receipts. More than 45 percent of women-owned businesses operated in health care and so- cial assistance, and other services, such as personal services; professional, scientific, and technical services; and repair and maintenance. Women owned 52 percent of all businesses operating in the health care and social assistance sector. Whole- sale and retail trade accounted for 36 per- cent of women-owned business revenue.
PROFESSIONAL WOMAN’S MULTICULTURAL MAGAZINE CELEBRATING 11 YEARS OF DIVERSITY Percentage of women-owned business-
es in California in 2007, which had the most women-owned businesses at 1 mil- lion. Texas was second with 610,162 or 8.0 percent of all women-owned business- es. New York was third in number with 594,421, accounting for 7.8 percent of all women-owned businesses.
Voting 66%
Percentage of female citizens 18 and
older who reported voting in the 2008 presidential election. Sixty-two percent of their male counterparts cast a ballot. Ad- ditionally, 73 percent of female citizens reported being registered to vote.
Jobs
59% In 2009, the percentage of females 16
and older who participated in the labor force, representing about 72 million wom- en.
39% Percentage of females 16 or older who
worked in management, professional and related occupations, compared with 33 percent of males.
23.9 million Number of female workers in educa-
tional services, health care and social as- sistance industries. More women worked in this industry group than in any other. Within this industry group, 12 million worked in the health care industry, 9.1 million in educational services and 2.8 million worked in the social assistance in- dustry.
111,000
Number of female police officers across the country in 2009. In addition, there were about 9,700 women firefight- ers, 338,000 lawyers, 294,000 physicians
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