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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 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]
However, this narrow definition of female empowerment was exclusive and not intended to be long-lasting. Women of color were the last to be considered for high paying industrial jobs. African American women were stuck doing domestic work for $3-$7 a week compared to white women earning up to $40 a week in factories. [25]
Today the phrase “women’s empowerment” has eclipsed “community empowerment” and “employee empowerment.” It, too, came to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s. It, too, came to ...
Women have been the backbone of America's economic progress in ways that often go unseen and uncelebrated. That is until a woman like Harris emerges and becomes a high-profile target for ignorance.
Exit polls from the 2024 U.S. presidential election suggest a 10 percentage point gender gap in votes for Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. While a majority of female U.S. voters ...
Women may not always get the historical credit their male counterparts do, but as these women show, they were always there doing the work. With their fierce determination and refusal to back down, all of these 12 women were not just ahead of their own times, but responsible for shaping ours.
Oregon: Married women are given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1859. Kansas: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [13] 1860. New York's Married Women's Property Act of 1860 passes. [18] Married women are granted the right to control their own ...