Changes

<onlyinclude>Over the past century, the United States has witnessed two large-scale social trends involving women that have had a significant impact on the country's economic growth. First, huge numbers of women have made their way into the official labor force. Around this time 50 years ago (February 1966), women's labor force participation rate was 39.6%, but in February 2016, 56.8% of women participated in the labor force [https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/LNS11300002]. This demonstrates substantial growth in women's labor force participation rates. Second, women are achieving a higher degree of education than in years past. As labor market barriers to women have been lowered, the benefits of a college education grew more for women than men, and females outpace males in college enrollment. [http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/03/06/womens-college-enrollment-gains-leave-men-behind/] </onlyinclude>