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Women’s History Month (March)In 1981, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution establishing
National Women’s History Week. The week was chosen to coincide with
International Women’s Day, March 8. In 1987, Congress expanded the
week to a month. Every year since, Congress has passed a resolution for
Women’s History Month, and the U.S. president has issued a proclamation.
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147.8
million The number of females [PDF] in the United States as of July 1, 2003. That exceeds the number of males (143.0 million). Males outnumber females in every five-year-age group through the 35 to 39 age group. Starting with the 40 to 44 age group, women outnumber men. At 85 and over, there are more than twice as many women as men. Earnings$30,724The median annual earnings of women ages 15 and older who work full time, year-round. After adjusting for inflation, earnings for these women declined by 0.6 percent between 2002 and 2003 — their first annual decline since 1995. |
Military215,243Total number of active duty [PDF] women in the military, compared to 1,219,134 men, in 2003. Of that total, 34,796 women are officers, 178,428 are enlisted and 2,019 are enrolled in military academies. 1.7
million Percent of Persian Gulf War (1990-91) veterans who are women. In contrast, women account for 5 percent of World War II vets, 3 percent of Vietnam vets and 2 percent of Korean War vets. |
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$2.9
million Estimated work-life earnings of women with a professional degree (i.e., medical, law, dental or veterinarian) who work full time, year-round. For women, like men, more education means higher career earnings. It is estimated that women without a high school diploma would earn $700,000 during their work lives, increasing to $1 million if they had a high school diploma and $1.6 million if they had a bachelor’s degree. |
Sports & Recreation2.9 millionNumber of females who participated in high school athletic programs (Table 1243) in the 2002-03 school year. In the 1972-73 school year, only 800,000 females were members of a high school athletic team. |
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76
cents The amount women, who worked full time, year-round, earned for every $1 their male counterparts earned. This amount is down from 77 cents for every dollar in 2002.
31% |
Motherhood82.5millionEstimated number of mothers of all ages in the United States. (From unpublished dated.) 44%
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26%
Percent of women who have obtained a bachelor’s degree. This rate has increased nearly 7 percentage points in the past decade. 774,000 Percent of women age 25 and over who have completed high school. For the second year in a row, women have had a higher rate of high school completion than men (84 percent). |
Jobs60%Percent of women 16 and over who participated in the workforce in 2003. Men in this age range had a participation rate of 74 percent. 34% Percent of women 16 and over who work in professional specialty or executive, administrative and managerial jobs, compared with 30 percent of men. 20.3 million Number of female workers in education, health and social services industries. More women work in this industry group than in any other. | |||||
Marriage62.9 millionNumber of married women (including those who are separated or have an absent spouse). There are 53.5 million unmarried (widowed, divorced or never married) women.
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