Barbara Gault of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research gave a presentation this afternoon on the status of women. One very disturbing point is that women are still earning less than men across the board. At the rate we are progressing, it will take until 2059 to close the gap. If we could close the gap, our poverty rate might be cut in half. That seems believable, since the majority of people living in poverty are women and children.
On the positive side, Minnesota is one other best states for women to live in.