Claim: "Women have come through the recession worse off than men … the numbers bear that out. We went from a 7 percent unemployment rate for women when he  was elected to an 8.1 percent now."
Fact-check: Caroline Casagrande says women have come through recession worse off than men
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Caryn Shinske
Date published: 2012-06-04T00:00:00