Women's Figures

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And highlights. Wage gap ; Glass ceiling ; Pink ghetto ; Female entrepreneurs -- Introduction -- Women are closing the gap. Wages ; The wage gap ; The existence of the "glass ceiling" ; Educational attainment and educational choices ; Labor force participation ; Occupational choice and the pink ghetto ; Women in business ; Elected officials ; Voting patterns -- Women, poverty, and the government. Measures of poverty ; Women and welfare reform -- African American women -- Evaluating claims of discrimination.