The State of the American Woman
What Women Want
A quiet revolution has changed the status of American women; so what's new now? Plus: a TIME opinion poll on gender More »
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Where Are We Now?
TIME collaborated with the Rockefeller Foundation to conduct a study of gender attitudes in a changing economy More »
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The Unfinished Revolution
The numbers don't lie: it's no longer a man's world. Maria Shriver on why more change is needed More »
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Then & Now
Catching up with three of the women we profiled in TIME's 1972 issue More »
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The Welder
When Janie Cottrell was looking for a welding job in Georgia in the 1970s, no one would give her an interview. Now she works at NASA More »
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The Farmer's Wife
In 1972, Marcia Hueber worked fifteen hour days as a farmer's wife. When her kids were old enough, she packed it in and got a job. She's still working now More »
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Homemaker Lauretta Galligan
In 1972, Lauretta Galligan was a 51-year-old housewife who told TIME her role was to support her husband. She still makes him breakfast every day More »
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America By The Numbers
A look inside how happy we really are rushing to work in the morning and how much we socialize, play and spend More »
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