AndSheWalkedOutOfMyLife…Forever
EditorsNote: The month of March is not only the Host of CollegeBasketball madness, it also is NationalWomensHistory month, a few notable Facts & Figures, statistics that measure societal Progress…I am often Critical of “TheProgress” I speak of here, SocietalProgress that is, so I thought I would show my range & present a few societal steps forward…& a couple steps sideways…
► To begin…153.6million Women in America, 149.4million Men
► 54% of which are Mothers, or 82.8million
► 59% of Women in America, 16years old or older, work outside
TheHome, compared to 74% of Men
► $32,649 is the MedianIncome of Women, 16years or older who
work Fulltime & YearRound
► 77¢, is how much Women are paid, on average, for every $1 a
Man earns today…In DirtCity, Women earn 98¢ on the Man$1
► 17% or 26.8million Women, 25years or older hold a
CollegeDegree, from roughly 12million in 1978
► 3million Girls in America participate in HighSchoolSports, the
number was 1.5million in 1978