The State of the American Women
Time Magazine (US edition), October 26, 2009, online edition, 15p
"If you were a woman reading this magazine 40 years ago, the odds were good that your husband provided the money to buy it. That you voted the same way he did. That if you got breast cancer, he might be asked to sign the form authorizing a mastectomy. That your son was heading to college but not your daughter. That your boss, if you had a job, could explain that he was paying you less because, after all, you were probably working just for pocket money. It's funny how things change slowly, until the day we realize they've changed completely. [...] A quiet revolution has changed the status of American women; so what's new now?"
Go to the Report at:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1930277_1930145_1930309,00.html
E25/05-09 Posted December 22, 2009
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