Women's Evolving Role In The Labor Force
How has female representation in the US labor force evolved over the past 4 decades or so? Census Bureau data published recently shows that women were relatively rare in many elite occupations such as lawyers/judges, accountantsand physicians back in 1970. This has now started to change with the percentage of women involved in legal professsions rising from 4.9 percent in 1970 to 33.4 percent between 2006 and 2010.
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This chart shows women's representation in selected occupations in the US.
Share of women working as lawyers in the United States from 2010 to 2024
Female labor force participation rate in the United States from 1990 to 2025
Labor force participation rate of women in the United States in 2004 and 2014, by race
Labor force participation rate of women aged 25 to 64 in Australia from 1966 to 2017
Share of members in the United States House of Representatives who were women from 1965 to 2025
Civilian female labor force in the United States from 1990 to 2025 (in millions)
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