Then and Now: Women's progress, 1960-present
73.1 life expectancy at birth for women in 1960
79.7 life expectancy at birth for women in 1999
66.6 life expectancy at birth for men in 1960
74.1 life expectancy at birth for men in 1999
35.3 percentage of bachelor's degrees awarded to women in 1960
55.1 percentage of bachelor's degrees awarded to women in 1996
31.6 percentage of Master's degrees awarded to women in 1960
55.9 percentage of Master's degrees awarded to women in 1996
2.5 percentage of law degrees awarded to women in 1960
43.5 percentage of law degrees awarded to women in 1996
400,000 number of businesses owned by women in 1972
8.47 million number of business owned by women in 1997
20 number of women in Congress in 1960
73 number of women in Congress in 2002
77 average of women's (ages 16-29) weekly earnings as a percentage of men's in 1974
92 average of women's (ages 16-29) weekly earnings as a percentage of men's in 1993
11 percentage of corporate boards with women in 1973
72 percentage of corporate boards with women in 1998
10 the number of times as fast women?s wages grew between 1960 and 1994 compared to men's
Source[s]: Women's Figures: An Illustrated Guide to the Economic Progress of Women in America (Independent Women's Forum, 1999); "2001 Statistical Abstract of the United States" (U.S. Census Bureau).
