In 1972, when this piece was written, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, only about 20 million women were enrolled in college in contrast to the over 30 million men. In 2011, about 50 million women were enrolled in college. According to the United States Department of Labor, “For 2013 graduates, the college enrollment rate was 68.4 percent for young women and 63.5 percent for young men.” Women have broken the glass ceiling, the CEOs of Yahoo, IBM, General Motors (GM), the TJX Companies, PepsiCo Inc., and General Dynamics are all women. Women have been elected to exalted positions for the first time: Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House, although she lost the position in 2007, and Loretta Lynch, first African-American and second woman Attorney General. On the flipside, what is left of the sexist ideals can lead to a positive as Sandra Cisneros can attest to in ‘Only
In 1972, when this piece was written, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, only about 20 million women were enrolled in college in contrast to the over 30 million men. In 2011, about 50 million women were enrolled in college. According to the United States Department of Labor, “For 2013 graduates, the college enrollment rate was 68.4 percent for young women and 63.5 percent for young men.” Women have broken the glass ceiling, the CEOs of Yahoo, IBM, General Motors (GM), the TJX Companies, PepsiCo Inc., and General Dynamics are all women. Women have been elected to exalted positions for the first time: Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House, although she lost the position in 2007, and Loretta Lynch, first African-American and second woman Attorney General. On the flipside, what is left of the sexist ideals can lead to a positive as Sandra Cisneros can attest to in ‘Only