The rapid rise in women’s labor force participation was a major development in the labor market during the second half of the 20th century. Overall, women’s labor force participation increased dramatically from the 1960s through the 1980s, before slowing in the 1990s. With the dawn of the 21st century, labor force participation among women began a gradual decline, until the participation rate hit a recent low in 2015 at 56.7 percent.
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U.N. Generation Equality Campaign –Generation Equality: Realizing women’s rights for an equal future | Get involved | UN Women – Headquarters
U.N. International Equal Pay Day –International Equal Pay Day | United Nations
US Bureau of Labor Statistics –Women in the labor force: a databook : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Women’s Foundation of CO (Equality statistics) – The Economic Status of Women in Colorado 2018 – The Women’s Foundation of Colorado (wfco.org)
State statistics on women’s rights/equality and upcoming legislation 2020 (National Women’s Law Center) – https://nwlc.org
