"In fact, women of all races are suffering disproportionately during the weak recovery, as public sector jobs shrink under the chokehold of tightened budgets. Women hold a high percentage of those jobs, largely because local governments were the first places to implement fair employment practices, [...]

"Rooney is one of about 3.9 million student parents working on their undergraduate degrees in the United States. Nearly half those students are single parents and work full-time jobs, according to a  2011 report by the Institute for  Women's Policy Research ."

"It should not be surprising that President Obama's idea of eating peas would prefer tax increases over spending cuts. Much of his election victory is credited to receiving a record 35,900,000 votes from women. This resulting 7% national women's voting gender gap over men was [...]

"Initially, it looked as if male workers were suffering more from the recession because men outnumber women in fields like construction, manufacturing, and other areas that retrenched at the recession's onset. Women, on the other hand, had jobs in industries such as teaching that, at [...]

"Initially, it looked as if male workers were suffering more from the recession because men outnumber women in fields like construction, manufacturing, and other areas that retrenched at the recession's onset. Women, on the other hand, had jobs in industries such as teaching that, at [...]

"In 2009, Social Security helped more than 14 million Americans 65 and older stay above the poverty line, according to research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research . Without access to Social Security, 58 percent of women and 48 percent of men 75 and [...]