The Status of Black Women - Women in the States

The Status of Women in the States provides data on women’s progress in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the United States overall. The data can be used to raise awareness, improve policies, and promote women’s equality.

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New State Grades on the Economic Status of Women Show Stagnant or Declining Progress in Most States

Hispanic women will have to wait until 2224 and Black women will wait until 2119 for equal pay. https://t.co/tfaTXoNaLK #equalpay
IWPR is hiring! Apply today for research associate to work on issues like access to #highereducation, #childcare, t… https://t.co/0oT3idA8wN
The story of 24-year-old NYSE equity trader Lauren Simmons will become a film starring Kiersey Clemons… https://t.co/E40yOH3UPV
More than 2 million community college students in the United States are parents of children under 18. Seventy perce… https://t.co/AvGpuhjXHL
If current trends continue, Black women may not see #equalpay until 2124. That's a century too late.… https://t.co/t3iZc2vFcF