In the 119th Congress, ** percent of congressional representatives were women, an increase from *** percent of members in 1991. The biggest increases in female representation were seen between 2018 and 2019, as well as 2020 and 2021.

This comprehensive report chronicles the history of women in the military and as Veterans, profiles the characteristics of women Veterans in 2009, illustrates how women Veterans in 2009 utilized some of the major benefits and services offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and discusses the future of women Veterans in relation to VA. The goal of this report is to gain an understanding of who our women Veterans are, how their military service affects their post-military lives, and how they can be better served based on these insights.

The share of women in the United States House of Representatives has increased significantly since 1965. In that year, only *** percent of Representatives were women. In 2025, that number had increased to **** percent of the House. Despite the significant progress made to female representation in politics, there is still work to be done given that women actually outnumber men in the United States.

New York City's "MWBE" program, enacted by the City Council and signed by the Mayor as Local Law 129 of 2005, is designed to promote government contracting opportunities for businesses owned by minorities and women. Our "Emerging Business Enterprise" program, enacted by the City Council and signed by the Mayor as Local Law 12 of 2006, is designed to promote such opportunities for businesses owned by persons who are "socially and economically disadvantaged." Together, the programs establish the following Citywide goals for contracts and subcontracts in amounts under $1 million.

United States US: Proportion of Seats Held by Women in National Parliaments data was reported at 19.400 % in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 19.400 % for 2016. United States US: Proportion of Seats Held by Women in National Parliaments data is updated yearly, averaging 16.800 % from Sep 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19.400 % in 2017 and a record low of 6.600 % in 1990. United States US: Proportion of Seats Held by Women in National Parliaments data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Policy and Institutions. Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.; ; Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (www.ipu.org).; Weighted average; General cut off date is end-December. Relevance to gender indicator: Women are vastly underrepresented in decision making positions in government, although there is some evidence of recent improvement. Gender parity in parliamentary representation is still far from being realized. Without representation at this level, it is difficult for women to influence policy.

Graph and download economic data for Women Employees-To-All Employees Ratio: Government (CES9000000039) from Jan 1964 to Jun 2025 about females, ratio, establishment survey, government, employment, and USA.

The 2025 Presidential Transition Project, more commonly known as Project 2024, is a political initiative promoting the implementation of right-wing and conservative policies across the country. Published by the Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 proposes major reconfiguring of multiple sectors of the U.S. government, as well as sweeping changes to the country's economic and social structure. According to a July 2024 survey, over 44 percent of surveyed men supported the proposal to eliminate federal funding for programs related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. In comparison, the proposal was supported by 28 percent of women.

Graph and download economic data for Women Employees, Government (CEU9000000010) from Jan 1964 to Jun 2025 about females, establishment survey, government, employment, and USA.

Statistics about America's female vets. https://www.data.va.gov/story/women-veterans-forum

This dataset includes percent distribution of births for females by age group in the United States since 1933.

The number of states in the reporting area differ historically. In 1915 (when the birth registration area was established), 10 states and the District of Columbia reported births; by 1933, 48 states and the District of Columbia were reporting births, with the last two states, Alaska and Hawaii, added to the registration area in 1959 and 1960, when these regions gained statehood. Reporting area information is detailed in references 1 and 2 below. Trend lines for 1909–1958 are based on live births adjusted for under-registration; beginning with 1959, trend lines are based on registered live births.

In 2019, Nevada became the first women-majority bicameral state legislature in U.S. history when **** percent of seats were occupied by women. In 2025, this number increased to **** percent. Colorado and New Mexico are the only other states to be at last ** percent female.

“We cannot measure what we cannot count.” NWBC entered into an Interagency Agreement with the U.S. Census Bureau to fund the development of custom tabulations on women-owned employer and nonemployer firms. The unique custom tabulations, which utilize data from both the Annual Business Survey (ABS) and the Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics (NES-D), are featured here as raw data to serve primarily as a resource for researchers and practitioners. To learn more about the ABS and NES-D, we encourage you to visit the U.S. Census Bureau’s website at: https://www.census.gov/. Sources: Annual Business Survey--https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs.html Annual Nonemployer Demographics Statistics--https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs/data/nesd.html

In 2025, there were *** women serving in the U.S. House of Representatives. Of those, ** identify as black, and an additional ** identify as Latina.

United States - Women Employees, Government was 14063.00000 Thous. of Persons in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Women Employees, Government reached a record high of 14085.00000 in November of 2024 and a record low of 3506.00000 in July of 1964. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Women Employees, Government - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on August of 2025.

As part of its mandate under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requires periodic reports from public and private employers, and unions and labor organizations

This dataset includes number of births to unmarried women by age group in the United States since 1940.

Methods for collecting information on marital status changed over the reporting period and have been documented in:

• Ventura SJ, Bachrach CA. Nonmarital childbearing in the United States, 1940–99. National vital statistics reports; vol 48 no 16. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2000. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr48/nvs48_16.pdf. • National Center for Health Statistics. User guide to the 2013 natality public use file. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2014. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/VitalStatsOnline.htm.

Under the Biden administration, nearly **** of all Cabinet and Cabinet-level positions were held by women. Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet. She served under Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.

As of December 2024, women constituted 63.8 percent of the Rwandan parliament (lower or single house). This makes it the country with the highest share of women in parliament worldwide. Cuba had the second-highest share of female MPs with 55.7 percent, followed by Nicaragua. The European country with the highest percentage of women in their parliament was Andorra with 50 percent.

United States Employment: NF: sa: WW: Government data was reported at 12,929.000 Person th in Oct 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 12,922.000 Person th for Sep 2018. United States Employment: NF: sa: WW: Government data is updated monthly, averaging 9,969.500 Person th from Jan 1964 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 658 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13,083.000 Person th in May 2010 and a record low of 3,640.000 Person th in Jan 1964. United States Employment: NF: sa: WW: Government data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.G029: Current Employment Statistics Survey: Employment: Women Worker: Non Farm: Seasonally Adjusted.

August 18, 2020, marked one hundred years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which declared that neither individual states nor the federal government could prohibit people from voting on the basis of their gender. Prior to the amendment's passing in the Senate, almost half the states had already lifted all (or most) of the gender-related restrictions that applied to the voting process. When Tennessee ratified the amendment, it became the 36th state to do so, which meant that the amendment came into effect nationwide. It is important to note that, while the 19th Amendment legally granted all eligible women the right to vote, the reality in many states was that most women belonging to ethnic minorities, or those living in poverty, continued to be disenfranchised by oppressive laws; such as citizenship and Jim Crow laws. Pre-19th Amendment In the colonial and early-independence era, restrictions preventing women from voting were often unclear and varied from state to state. Towards the turn of the nineteenth century, however, most states had already put firm restrictions in place, so that only white, Protestant, property-holding males could vote. The religious and property restrictions were mostly repealed by the mid-1800s, and the first state to grant women suffrage was Wyoming in 1869 (while it was still a territory). The issue of suffrage came to the forefront of the women's civil rights movement in the 1850s, and by the end of the century, a series of high-profile protests and lawsuits had garnered nationwide support. A number of states, particularly in the west, gradually began to introduce female suffrage by the 1910s, before the 19th Amendment was eventually passed in the Senate in 1919. 22 states ratified the amendment by the year's end, and Tennessee became the 36th state to do so on August 18, 1920. This approval meant that the law had been ratified in two thirds of U.S. states (eight states voted against it), and therefore it took effect on a nationwide level on this day. Post-19th Amendment After the amendment came into effect nationwide, ratifying the bill on a state level became an inconsequential formality; nonetheless, it would take a number of states several decades to formally pass the bill, with Mississippi becoming the last to do so in 1984. The only two states who did not ratify the amendment were Alaska and Hawaii, who were admitted to the union after the bill's passing. Most Native Americans were granted citizenship in 1924, and the oppressive laws and practices that restricted ethnic minorities (such as poll taxes and literacy tests) were legally repealed and prohibited in the 1960s or 1970s. In the past century, female voter participation has gradually increased, and it has exceeded male turnout in all presidential elections since 1980. Recent general elections have seen a surge in the number of women running for office and the 2018 midterms saw a record number of women elected to Congress.