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The feminist movement has made gigantic strides over the years—but nearly a century since women were given the right to vote, the sad fact of the matter is: We’ve still got lots of work to do. Here, the shocking ways women aren’t yet equal to men in America.
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14. Women of all ages are, in fact, more likely than men to live below the poverty line.
Across the U.S., 15.5% of women live in poverty compared with 11.9% of men, according to a report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. That number worsens for black, Hispanic and Native American women. Worldwide, the majority of the more than 1 billion people living in poverty are women, according to the U.N.