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Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being is a report issued in 2011 by the United States Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration and the Executive Office of the President Office of Management and Budget for the White House Council on Women and Girls, during the administration of President Barack Obama. [1]
The Center for American Women and Politics reports that, as of 2013, 18.3% of congressional seats are held by women and 23% of statewide elective offices are held by women; while the percentage of Congress made up of women has steadily increased, statewide elective positions held by women have decreased from their peak of 27.6% in 2001. Women ...
The prevalence of women's health issues in American culture is inspired by second-wave feminism in the United States. [68] As a result of this movement, women of the United States began to question the largely male-dominated health care system and demanded a right to information on issues regarding their physiology and anatomy. [68]
Women were among those hardest hit by job losses as a result of COVID, with over 5.4 million net jobs lost between February 2020 and January 2022. At the same time, the cost of child care has been ...
Allen Bernard West (born February 7, 1961) [1] is an American politician and retired military officer. A member of the Republican Party , West represented Florida's 22nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and served as the chairman of the Republican Party of Texas from 2020 to 2021.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women hold 51% of managerial and professional slots (up from 26% in 1980), 54% of all accountant positions, about half of all banking and insurance ...
Happy International Women's Day from the newsletter that celebrates women year-round. - Hot topic. In an election year State of the Union address last night, President Joe Biden highlighted a key ...
Contraception is a major issue of women’s reproductive health. 86% of sexually active women practice some form of contraception and 30% of these women use a hormonal form of contraception. [10] Women in the U.S. have more freedoms in deciding their use of contraceptives among other global nations, comparatively.