Women in the labor force, 1970–2009

►Women´s Worforce 2009 - USA◄♀▬► Women's labor force participation rate peaked at 60 percent in 1999, following several decades of growth in women’s labor market participation. In 2009, the overall unemployment rate for women was 8.1 percent: of the 72 million women in the labor force, approximately 6 million were unemployed.◄▬♀