Did You Know These Facts?
*48.4% of women were homemakers in 1970 vs. 20% (ages 20-24) and 17% (ages 25-34).
*27% of women with children under age three were in the workforce in 1970 vs. 50% in 2006.
*31% of women with infants were in the workforce in 1970 vs. 55% in 2006.
*4+ is the average number of children in the 24-39 age range vs. 1.8 today.
*Average age of an American woman’s first birth was 21.4 in 1970 vs. 25 in 2006.
*In 1970, 4% of women having their first child were over the age of 30 vs. 31% in 2006.
*10% of all live births were to un-married women vs. 35.8% today.
**Average age a woman got married was 21 in 1970 vs. 25.8 in 2006.
*In 1970, 9% of women age 25+ were college graduates with a 4 year degree vs. 59% in 2006.
According to Time Magazine, women in 1970 were primarily concerned with issues related to home and church.
In 1970 the American Association of University Women’s Journal reported that it was believed that a woman’s first responsibility was to be a feminine companion, mother and had less need to achieve in the academic field.
In 1970 The Women’s Strike For Equality took place in NY City and promoted gender equality based on the possibilities for women to become liberated from outside the home and enter the workforce and protested the unequal status of women and was themed “Out of the kitchen and into the world.”
The women’s liberation movement was in full swing to fight for equal rights, pay, maternity leave, child care, birth control, abortion, sex discrimination vs. in 2006 liberal abortion law, contraception for all, separate taxation for married people, improvements in maternity leave laws, the abolition of restrictions on women in government posts, sexual harassment and gender discrimination in educational institutions.
*48.4% of women were homemakers in 1970 vs. 20% (ages 20-24) and 17% (ages 25-34).
*27% of women with children under age three were in the workforce in 1970 vs. 50% in 2006.
*31% of women with infants were in the workforce in 1970 vs. 55% in 2006.
*4+ is the average number of children in the 24-39 age range vs. 1.8 today.
*Average age of an American woman’s first birth was 21.4 in 1970 vs. 25 in 2006.
*In 1970, 4% of women having their first child were over the age of 30 vs. 31% in 2006.
*10% of all live births were to un-married women vs. 35.8% today.
**Average age a woman got married was 21 in 1970 vs. 25.8 in 2006.
*In 1970, 9% of women age 25+ were college graduates with a 4 year degree vs. 59% in 2006.
According to Time Magazine, women in 1970 were primarily concerned with issues related to home and church.
In 1970 the American Association of University Women’s Journal reported that it was believed that a woman’s first responsibility was to be a feminine companion, mother and had less need to achieve in the academic field.
In 1970 The Women’s Strike For Equality took place in NY City and promoted gender equality based on the possibilities for women to become liberated from outside the home and enter the workforce and protested the unequal status of women and was themed “Out of the kitchen and into the world.”
The women’s liberation movement was in full swing to fight for equal rights, pay, maternity leave, child care, birth control, abortion, sex discrimination vs. in 2006 liberal abortion law, contraception for all, separate taxation for married people, improvements in maternity leave laws, the abolition of restrictions on women in government posts, sexual harassment and gender discrimination in educational institutions.
