Asked to volunteer today for a sick person, and reading the SENIOR NEWS, I learned March is National Women's History Month. March 8, 1857, women in New York City factories staged a protest over working conditions. International Women's Day was first observed in 1909, but wasn't until 1981 that Congress established National Women's History Week, to be commemorated the 2nd week of March in 1987. A few statistics:
155.8 million - number of females in the U.S.as of 10/1/2009
82.8 million - estimated number of mothers of all ages in the U.S.
$35,745 - median annual earnings of women 15 or older who worked year round, full time in 2008.
29.4 million - number of women 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or more education in 2008. 197,900 - total number of active duty women in the military, as of 9/30/2008. Of that number, 34,300 women were officers.
from the column Laughing Matters, "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it".
Off tomorrow with H2U (Wellness group) from the hospital to the casinos in LA. Fun and a bargain at $10 for the ride.
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