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  2. Feminization of poverty - Wikipedia

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    The concept of the 'feminization of poverty' dates back to the 1970s and became popular in the 1990s through some United Nations documents. [5] [6] It became a prominent in popular society after a study focusing on gender patterns in the evolution of poverty rates in the United States was released.

  3. Homeless women in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A homeless mother and her child; The U.S. A homeless woman in Washington, D.C. When the UN declared the world “Homeless Crisis” in the mid 1980s, it set the stage for the politicized “feminization of poverty” discourse that had developed from initial research efforts on female poverty and homelessness. [8]

  4. Welfare queen - Wikipedia

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    By 1973, in magazine pictures depicting welfare recipients, 75% featured African Americans when in fact African Americans made up 35% of welfare recipients and only 12.8% of the US population. [29] According to the United States Census, "In 2019, the share of blacks in poverty was 1.8 times greater than their share among the general population.

  5. Map: These US states have the highest rates of long-term poverty

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    Between 1989 and 2019, 19.4 million people lived in areas of persistent poverty, according to a report by the US Census Bureau. Persistent poverty can be defined as an area that has consistently ...

  6. Poverty in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Number in Poverty and Poverty Rate: 1959 to 2017. The US. In the United States, poverty has both social and political implications. Based on poverty measures used by the Census Bureau (which exclude non-cash factors such as food stamps or medical care or public housing), America had 37 million people in poverty in 2023; this is 11 percent of population. [1]

  7. History of women in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of women in the United States encompasses the lived experiences and contributions of women throughout American history. The earliest women living in what is now the United States were Native Americans. European women arrived in the 17th century and brought with them European culture and values.

  8. US incomes rose last year but poverty rates changed little ...

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    Real median household income rose to $80,610 in 2023, up 4.0% from 2022, back to the peak reached in 2019, while earnings for workers as a whole were higher than before the pandemic, a boost to ...

  9. Period poverty impacts people all over the world. These women ...

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    The leaders of The Flow Initiative discuss period poverty, menstrual health equity, and the solutions. When Sabrina Natasha Browne runs out of menstrual hygiene products, she, like a lot of people ...