Saturday, March 16, 2013

Women's History Month

This month marks the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan's feminist call to arms, The Feminine Mystique, just reissued by the way!  How has the landscape for American women altered since the late found of NOW took up her provocative pen

  • Median age of first marriage for women, was 20.5, now 26.9
  • College students who are women, was 38%, now 57%
  • Working mothers with children under 18, was 30.5%, now 70.6%