布兰克说，汇编来自各联邦机构的资料，显示了积极和消极两方面的趋势。妇女不像以往那样容易沦为包括谋杀在内的暴力犯罪的受害者。妇女现在结婚较晚，生孩子较少。妇女在总人口中占51%，在65岁以上美国人口中占57%。妇女比男人更可能患关节炎、肥胖症和忧郁症等健康问题。她们患心脏病和糖尿病的可能性比男性小。

The report highlights significant improvement in the field of education. "There is good news in this report that suggests that women, their educational rates, are growing faster than men's," says Blank. "In fact, if you look at young women, they are graduating from college at a higher rate than young men right now in the United States. That’s true among all race and ethnic groups, not just white women."

报告着重介绍了在教育领域的显著改善。布兰克说：“报告里的好消息是，妇女受教育率的增长比男人更快。事实上，在今天的美国，年轻女性的大学毕业率比男青年高。这不仅局限于白人妇女，在所有种族和族群中都是如此”。

    But women’s advancement in education hasn’t translated into income equality in the workplace.  "One reason is that they are not going into the kind of fields that are high in income producing," says Valerie Jarrett, chairwoman of the White House Council on Women and Girls, who adds that the Obama Administration wants to

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