Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Women and Work After World War II

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The Nation

Hey, Don’t Forget: Women Are the Working Class in America

There are more women in the labor force, yet the care economy is still underfunded and undervalued. When I was a young woman, I took a job cleaning houses in Raleigh, North Carolina. I signed on with ...
National Women's Law Center

September Jobs Report: Black Women’s Unemployment Increased

WASHINGTON — Data reveals 451,000 fewer women aged 20 and over are in the labor force now than in January, according to new National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) analysis of monthly jobs data from the ...
Hosted on MSN

Who runs the labor market? Women accounted for 98% of US job gains in August

Who runs the world—or the U.S. labor market—in August? Girls. Women accounted for almost every job added to the U.S. economy in August, an extraordinary statistic within a jobs report full of ...

THE ECONOMIST: Labor force participation

The Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) is a closely watched indicator of the level of engagement of people in the workforce, whether employed or seeking a job. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ...
The Heritage Foundation

How Young Americans’ Declining Labor Force Participation Affects the Culture

Along with faith, family, and friends, work is a primary source of personal contentment and meaning and a necessary component of human flourishing. Yet labor force participation is declining, and it ...