Women Hit Hard by Economic Downturn

According to statistics provided by the Bureau of Labor, the percentage of working women declined for the first time since the dawn of the women's movement, reported the New York Times.

Indeed, for the first time since the women’s movement came to life, an economic recovery has come and gone, and the percentage of women at work has fallen, not risen, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Each of the seven previous recoveries since 1960 ended with a greater percentage of women at work than when it began. [...]

After moving into virtually every occupation, women are being afflicted on a large scale by the same troubles as men: downturns, layoffs, outsourcing, stagnant wages or the discouraging prospect of an outright pay cut. And they are responding as men have, by dropping out or disappearing for a while.

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I am a woman. The nomination of Palin is an insulting attempt to placate women voters who might have voted for Hillary - there are MANY of us who see that for what it is.

I am a wife, mother and small business owner. Don't even get me started on how fuel prices and the lame economy have affected my clients and thereby, me and my ability to provide for my family.

I vote. And I need to vote for hope (Obama) and not out of fear (McCain) this year.

Respectfully,

LHH, a Texan none-the-less

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LHinSATX on September 4, 2008 at 12:02 PM

I am a woman. The nomination of Palin is an insulting attempt to placate women voters who might have voted for Hillary - there are MANY of us who see that for what it is.

I am a wife, mother and small business owner. Don't even get me started on how fuel prices and the lame economy have affected my clients and thereby, me and my ability to provide for my family.

I vote. And I need to vote for hope (Obama) and not out of fear (McCain) this year.

Respectfully,

LHH, a Texan none-the-less

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LHinSATX on September 4, 2008 at 12:03 PM

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