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Women’s History Month - US Census Bureau
March is Women’s History Month and, as usual, the US Census Bureau has the latest with their Facts for Features: Women’s History Month: March 2008. The Bureau explains:
National Women’s History Month’s roots go back to March 8, 1857, when women from New York City factories staged a protest over working conditions. International Women’s Day was first observed in 1909, but it wasn’t until 1981 that Congress established National Women’s History Week to be commemorated the second 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.
Some of the facts include:
— 153.6 million - # of females in the United States as of Oct. 1, 2007
— 149.4 million - # of males in the United States as of Oct. 1, 2007
— 98 cents - amount women ($48,586) in the District of Columbia, who worked year-round, full time, earned for every $1 their male counterparts earned ($49,544) in 2006
— District of Columbia - among all states or state equivalents, the district was where women were closest to earnings parity with men
— 86% - percent of women 25 and older who had completed high school as of 2006
— 85% - percent of men 25 and older who had completed high school as of 2006
— 1.7 million - # of military veterans who are women
— 18% - percentage of married couples in which the wife earned at least $5,000 more than the husband in 2006
To find out the rest, and find the sources of this data, go read the whole thing: Facts for Features: Women’s History Month: March 2008.
— michael | March 10, 2008 06:47 PM | I found it online
