Diana Furchtgott-Roth has authored a wonderful resource for conservatives: Women's Figures: An Illustrated Guide to the Economic Progress of Women in America.
"Conventional wisdom holds that women suffer from discrimination in the workplace that leaves them economically worse off than men," the author writes. "Yet compared to men, women in twenty-first century America live five years longer; face a lower unemployment rate; earn a substantially larger share of high school diplomas, associate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees; and face lower rates of incarceration, alcoholism, and drug abuse. When women and men in the same jobs and with the same experience are compared, the wage gap disappears. In other words, contrary to what AAUW, NOW, and many other women's groups would have Congress believe, women are doing well."
The 140 graphs, charts and tables confirming women's progress will be great visuals for conservative students and activists who battle liberal/feminist women-as-victim myths on campus and in the public policy arena.
Video: Diana discusses the book at the Conservative Women's Network, a monthly event co-hosted by the Luce Institute and The Heritage Foundation:
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