Below are a sampling of facts in each of the categories included in the Profile. To order the full publication click here for order form and information. During the past seven election cycles, women voters provided the margin of victory for 47 Senate and gubernatorial races. Since 1963 when the Equal Pay Act was signed, the closing of the wage gap has been at a rate of less than half a penny a year. In 49 states the average annual cost of childcare exceeds the annual cost of public collage tuition.
Unions also help close the wage gaps based on gender and minority status for their members.
Retirement Security Sixty percent of Social Security recipients are women, a number that rises to 72 percent at age 85. They primarily work in lifetime low-wage jobs with few benefits, and live an average of seven years longer than men. They therefore rely on Social Security for retirement income to a far greater degree than men. For more statistics check out the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US Department of Labor.