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==Introduction==
Over the past century, the United States has witnessed two concurrent social trends, both of which have had a significant impact on the country's economic growth: first. First, women have gone in large-scale numbers into the official labor force, and second, the country as a whole but particularly women are achieving a higher degree of education than in years past. However, economists predict that economic growth from these two trends is unlikely to be repeated to the same magnitude; room for growth is smaller than it was before and these trends have slowed from their spikes in the mid to late 1900'sand room for growth is smaller now than it was before. With this, everyone is looking for the 21st Century economy-boosting equivalent to women entering the labor force and higher educational attainment. Given the slowing rates of business creation, the long-term pessimism
about growth in the United States, and the rising share of women among educated workers, it seems clear that the future of American entrepreneurship and growth is in the hands of women. Encouraging women to enter into fields of entrepreneurship, particularly high-growth entrepreneurship, might be the silver bullet economists seek.
