WOMEN IN HISTORY
and surgeons, and 38,000 pilots. (Note: Number of pilots pertains to 2008.)
Military
197,900 Total number of active duty women in the military, as of Sept. 30, 2008.
14%
Proportion of members of the armed forces who were women, as of Sept. 30, 2008.
1.5 million
The number of military veterans who were women in 2009.
Marriage 65.1 million
Number of married women 18 and older (including those who were separated or had an absent spouse) in 2010.
20.7
Percentage of married couples in which the wife earned at least $5,000 more than the husband in 2010.
5 million
Number of stay-at-home mothers (where spouse is in the labor force) nationwide in 2010. In comparison there were 154,000 stay-at-home fathers.
Sports 3.1 million
Number of girls who partici- pated in high school athletic programs in the 2008-09 school year.
182,503
Number of women who participated in a National Colle- giate Athletic Association sport in 2008-09.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau 62 PROFESSIONAL WOMAN’S MULTICULTURAL MAGAZINE CELEBRATING 11 YEARS OF DIVERSITY Rachel Carson Women In History „ Abigail Smith Adams (1744-1818) -
Wife of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States and mother of John Quincy Ad- ams, 6th President. Known for her letters and opinions on society. „ Jane Addams (1860-1935) - Social Ac-
tivist, founder of Hull House, charter member of the NAACP, Nobel Peace Prize winner and labor union organizer. „ Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) - Seam-
stress, servant, teacher, Civil War nurse, and finally, author and novelist. „ Marian Anderson (1902-1995) - First
African American to sing leading role with Metropolitan Opera, delegate to U.N. „ Susan Brownell Anthony (1820-1906)
- Napoleon of the women’s suffrage move- ment, mother of the 19th Amendment, aboli- tionist.
„ Josephine Baker (1906-1975) - African-
American international star, civil rights activ- ist, World War II heroine. „ Ida B. Wells Barnett (1862-1931) - Af- rican-American educator, newspaperwoman, anti-lynching campaigner, founder NAACP. „ Clara Barton (1821-1912) - Civil War nurse, founder of the American Red Cross.
Bessie Coleman „ Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-
1955) African-American educator, found- er of Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida, Presidential advisor, re- cipient of Spingarn Medal. „ Sarah Bolton (1841-1916) - Noted Cleveland author of biographies, poetry and a temperance novel. „ Margaret Bourke-White (1904-
1971) - Groundbreaking photo-journalist and author „ Mary Elizabeth Bowser ( 1839-?) - African-American Union spy in the Con- federate White House. „ Belle Boyd (1844-1900) - Confed- erate spy during the Civil War. „ Margaret “Molly” Tobin Brown (1867-1932) - Titanic survivor and a woman who was determined to break the rules of “high society.” „ Eliza Bryant (1827-1907) - African-
American founder of the The Cleveland Home for Aged Colored People. „ Abbie Burgess (Grant) (1839-1892)
- Lighthouse keeper at Matinicus Rock and Whitehead Light Stations in Maine, commissioned by U.S. Coast Guard. „ Martha Jane “Calamity Jane” Can-
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