• Related Guide: Teenage Pregnancy
• Related Guide: Domestic Violence
• Related Guide: Research Guides by Major: Women's Studies

• Women's History Month 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2003
(Population, earnings, earnings compared to men, education, jobs, in military, motherhood, marriage, and more statistics)
• Self-Employed Women Differ From Their Wage And Salary Earning Counterparts
  *Research Summary-PDF
  *Full Report-PDF
• Women's Rights/History: Lesson Plans [NEH]
• Health Indicators for Women in Los Angeles County Highlighting Disparities by Ethnicity and Insurance Status (2007) PDF-20 pages
• Women's History Month: 2007 [Library of Congress]
• Women in the Labor Force (2007)
• Glass ceilings: the status of women as officials and managers in the private sector (2004) PDF-42 pages
• 2002 Survey of Business Owners: Women-Owned Firms (2006)
• Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2004 (2005) PDF-40 pages
• Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2005) PDF-88 pages
• Foreign countries: WHO Multi-Country Study on Women's Health and and Domestic Violence against Women (2005)
• Women Age 65 and Older: Their Retirement Income (2005)
• Black Women in America (2005) CATALOG RECORD
• Trends in Educational Equity of Girls & Women: 2004 [NCES] (2004)
• Glass Ceilings: The Status of Women as Officials and Managers in the Private Sector (2004)
• Educational Attainment: 2003 (2005) PDF-12 pages
• Women of Our World: 2005 (2005) PDF-12 pages
• Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2004) HTML | CATALOG RECORD
• Women Closing The Gap in Some Measures (2003) [education, occupations, earnings summary statistics]
• We the People: Women and Men in the United States (2005) PDF-19 pages (Portrait of women in the United States and highlights comparisons with men at the national level presenting several demographic, social, and economic characteristics collected from Census 2000. The data in this report from the 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 censuses)
• Gender: 2000 PDF-8 pages (population in regions, states, counties, and places of 100,000 or more and highlights comparisons with data from the 1990 census)
• Women's Economic Status in the States: Wide Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, and Region (2004) PDF-48 pages (This report presents national and state data describing women's earnings, wage inequality by race/ethnicity, distribution of men and women by profession, business ownership, poverty and other topics.)
• Women in Business, 2001 (2001) PDF-36 pages
• Failing to Make Ends Meet: A Report on the Economic Status of Women in California (2002) PDF-24 pages

• Women-owned businesses: 2002 Survey of Business Owners: Women-Owned Firms (2006)
• Domestic violence in foreign countries: WHO Multi-Country Study on Women's Health and and Domestic Violence against Women (2005)
• Trends in Educational Equity of Girls & Women: 2004 [NCES] (2004)
• Glass Ceilings: The Status of Women as Officials and Managers in the Private Sector (2004)
• The Status of Women in the United States: 2004 (politics, economics, health, rights, demographics)
• California Women's Commission: Reports - links to many reports
• Supreme Court Decisions and Women's Rights: Milestones to Equality (2000) CATALOG RECORD
• Celebrating Women's History (1999) PDF-32 pages
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• America's Commitment: Federal Programs Benefiting Women (1997) CATALOG RECORD
• American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States (2001) CATALOG RECORD
• Biographies: American National Biography
• Daughters of the Goddess, Daughters of Imperialism: African Women Struggle for Culture, Power and Democracy (200) CATALOG RECORD
• Deadly Persuasion: Why Women and Girls Must Fight the Addictive Power of Advertising (1999) CATALOG RECORD
• The Frailty Myth: Women Approaching Physical Equality (2000) CATALOG RECORD
• Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women : Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey (71 pages) (2000) PDF-71 pages |  CATALOG RECORD & INTERNET LINK
• INSTRAW News, Special Issue: No. 28 (1998): Gender Equality and Human Rights CATALOG RECORD
• Know Your Rights: A Victim's Guide to the Domestic Violence Justice System CATALOG RECORD
• A Law of Her Own: The Reasonable Woman as a Measure of Man (2000) CATALOG RECORD
• Politics of Women's Rights: Parties, Positions, and Change (2000) CATALOG RECORD
• Rape on Prime Time: Television, Masculinity, and Sexual Violence (2000) CATALOG RECORD
• Remarks by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton: United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, September 5-6, 1995, in China CATALOG RECORD
• Rights of Women: A Guide to the Most Important United Nations Treaties on Women's Human Rights (1998) CATALOG RECORD
• Sexual Victimization of College Women (2000) PDF-47 pages | CATALOG RECORD & INTERNET LINK
• Summary of Laws Affecting Women [California] (1996) CATALOG RECORD
• Understanding Violence Against Women (1996) CATALOG RECORD
• United Nations and the Advancement of Women 1945-1996 CATALOG RECORD
• Woman Suffrage Movement [American National Biography]
• Women Among Women: Anthropological Perspectives on Female Age Hierarchies (1998) CATALOG RECORD
• Women and Equality: A California View of  Women's Equity Issues in Civil Rights, Education, and the Workplace (1999) CATALOG RECORD
• Women and Men in the Arab Region: A Statistical Portrait (2000) CATALOG RECORD
• Women: Work and Health (1997) CATALOG RECORD
• Women's Rights Handbook [California] INTERNET VERSION
      Employment, Economic Independence, Divorce, Violent Crimes Against, Child Care
• Women's Rights Movement [American National Biography]
• World View of Women: Social, Political, and Economic Attitudes (1994) CATALOG RECORD

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• Core Statistics: Women's History Month March 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |2003 | 2002 | 2001 (Population, earnings, earnings compared to men, education, jobs, in military, motherhood, marriage, and more statistics)
• World: Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace
• World: Women of Our World 2005 (2005) PDF-12 pages
• Business: Glass ceilings: the status of women as officials and managers in the private sector (2004) PDF-42 pages
• California: Economic Status of Women in California (2004) PDF-2 pages
• California: Women, Work, and Family in California (2004) PDF-20 pages
• California: California Women's Survey: A Political Profile (2004) PDF-2 pages
• California: California Women's Survey: A Portrait of Diversity (2004) PDF-2 pages
• California: California Women's Survey: A Status Report (2004) PDF-2 pages
• Employment statistics: Quick Facts [Women's Bureau, U.S. Dept. of Labor]
• We the People: Women and Men in the United States (2005) PDF-19 pages
  Portrait of women in the United States and highlights comparisons with men at the national level presenting several demographic, social, and economic characteristics collected from Census 2000. The data contained in this report are based on the samples of households who responded to the 1970, 1980, and 1990 censuses and Census 2000.
• Census 2000: Women in the United States: A Profile: 2000 (2001) PDF-2 pages | Press release
• Compendium of Statistics and Indicators on the Situation of Women, 1986 CATALOG RECORD
• Census 2000: Gender: 2000 PDF-8 pages
  This report from Census 2000 presents the number who are male and female in regions, states, counties, and places of 100,000 or more and highlights comparisons with data from the 1990 census.
• Census Bureau: Women [Links to reports on education, income/poverty, jobs,  motherhood, marriage & family, sports, computer use, and voting]
• Failing to Make Ends Meet: A Report on the Economic Status of Women in California (2002) PDF-24 pages
• Women's Earnings: Work Patterns Partially Explain Differences Between Men's and Women's Earnings (2003) [GAO] PDF-79 pages
• Equal Pay: A Thirty-Five Year Perspective (1998) CATALOG RECORD
& INTERNET LINK
• Measuring Fifty Years of Economic Change (1998) PDF-126 pages | CATALOG RECORD & INTERNET LINK
• Women in the United States: March 2000 Census Brief [scroll down to Table of Contents]

• Women's Bureau [U.S. Dept. of Labor]
• Women's History Month: 2007 [Library of Congress]
• Census Bureau: Women [Links to reports on education, income/poverty, business owners, jobs, motherhood, marriage & family, sports, computer use, voting, and more]
• Women's Rights/History: Lesson Plans [NEH]
• Trial of Susan B. Anthony: 1873
• Family and Household News Releases [Census Bureau]
• Bureau of Labor Statistics [U.S. Dept. of Labor]
• Monthly Labor Review Index, 1991-date.
  • (Note: Click on W for women or F for family issues)
• Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World
• Institute for Women's Policy Research
• National Women's Health Information Center
• Women's History Sourcebook
• Women's Rights Handbook [California] INTERNET VERSION ( Employment, Economic Independence, Divorce, Violent Crimes Against, Child Care)

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• Gender Pay Gap, CQ Researcher (Databases A-Z), March 14, 2008
• Self-Employed Women Differ From Their Wage And Salary Earning Counterparts
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• Handbook on Women Workers: Trends and Issues CATALOG RECORD
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• "Married Women, Work, and Values," Monthly Labor Review, August 2000
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• Suppressed, Forced Out and Fired: How Successful Women Lose Their Jobs (2000) CATALOG RECORD
• Two Different World: Men and Women from 9 to 5 (1995) (4 pages) CATALOG RECORD
• Women in Management (1997) CATALOG RECORD
• Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering (1994) CATALOG RECORD & INTERNET LINK
• Women of Hispanic Origin in the Labor Force (2000) CATALOG RECORD & INTERNET LINK
• "Women Paid Low Wages: Who They Are and Where They Work," Monthly Labor Review, September 2000 PDF-5 pages
• Women: Work and Health (1997) CATALOG RECORD
• Women, Work, and Wages: How to Get the Job and Pay You Want CATALOG RECORD
• "Women's Earnings: An Overview," Monthly Labor Review, December 1999 PDF-9 pages
• Work Smarts for Women: The Essential Sex Discrimination Survival Guide (2000) CATALOG RECORD
• "Worth Your Weight in Gold? If You're A Man," Los Angeles Times, December 11, 2001. For full text, search Los Angeles Times by article title.