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Women’s History Month: March 2008
Posted February 28, 2008
Facts on Women from the US Census, for Women’s History Month, such as:
153.6 million
The number of females in the United States as of Oct. 1, 2007. The number of males is 149.4 million.
$32,649
The median annual earnings of women 16 or older who worked year-round, full time, in 2006. Women earned 77 cents for every $1 earned by men.
32%
Percent of women 25 to 29 who had attained a bachelor’s degree or higher in 2006, which exceeded that of men in this age range (25 percent). Eighty-eight percent of women and 84 percent of men in this same age range had completed high school.
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.
Also check out the Library’s Women’s Studies Research Guide for more resources for facts and articles on women. http://my.simmons.edu/library/research_guides/
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