March is Women's History month.

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In 1981 Congress established National Women's History Week during the second week of March. In 1987, Congress expanded the week to a month.

152 MILLION

The number of females in the United States. That exceeds men by 4 million.

1.9

The average number of children that women 40 to 44 had given birth to as of 2004, down from 3.1 in 1976.

5.6 MILLION

The number of stay-at-home mothers in 2005, up from 4.4 million a decade earlier.

$32,168

The median, annual earnings of women 16 or older who worked year-round, full-time in 2005.

77 cents

How much women earn for every $1 earned by men.

17%

The percentage of married couples in which the wife earns at least $5,000 more than the husband in 2005.

6.5 MILLION

The number of women;owned businesses in 2002, up 20 percent...