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Show Women as Workers 6 Trends Numbers a'nd Workers 2. Twenty-six Million Women labor force in April 1965. were in the About 26.1 million women 5.7 million the wartime employment This figure exceeds by nearly when there were 20.4 1944 during World War II, peak reached in July about 5 million at the turn with It compares million women workers. figure of slightly less than 14 of the century and with the prewar million in 1940 (table 1) . proportion There has been a striking advance in this century In 1900 women were only 18 percent that women are of all workers. in the The proportion of the total labor force; in 1940, about 25 percent. then dropped and II War World reached a high of 36 percent during civilian jobs, to veterans male of with the return 28 percent sharply to of all workers are before starting to climb again. Today 35 percent women. Table l.-WOMEN IN LABOR FORCE, SELECTED YEARS, 1890-1965 THE (Women 14 years of age and over) As per cent Number Year HIGHLIGHTS April 1965 _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Start of the sixties (April1960) Midfifties (April 1955) - - - _ _ - - __ _ _ _ _ - - - - - -- - - - - - - (January) 1900 (June) 1890 (June) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- _ 1920 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - popula tion 26,108,000 23,239,000 20,154,000 35.0 37. 3 33. 3 36. 3 31. 2 33. 8 19,296,000 18,063,000 16,320,000 19,570,000 13,840,000 30. 6 33.1 29. 0 32. 1 27. 6 30.0 36.1 37. 0 25. 4 27. 6 21. 9 23. 6 TRENDS 2 LONG-TERM 1930 (April) _ - - cent of woman 1 (April 1953) Pre-Korean conflict (April 1950) Post-World War 1I (April 1947) World War II (April 1945) Pre- World War II (March 1940) Korean conflict - - of all workers As per - - - - -- _ 10,396,000 8,229,000 4,999,000 3,704,000 20. 4 22. 7 18.1 20. 0 17.0 18.2 Civilian labor force. 2 Decennial census (total labor force). and Earnings, May 1965 Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment Source: U.S. Department of Labor, the Census: Annual Report on the Labor Force of Commerce, Bureau af ' and 1960. U.S. Department 1800-1960." 1948. United States, Council: "Labor Force in the 1940-55. Social Science Research |
