National Business Women's Week 2014 in Charlotte to be held on 10.22.2014, statistics on working women based on 2010 statistics from the Department of Labor

1. Save the Date:
10.22.2014
National Business Women’s Week®
Byron’s South End
Charlotte, North Carolina
Document Prepared by Vilma Betancourt-O’Day, NBWW Charlotte 2014 Chair

2. U.S. Women in the Labor Force:
2010 Facts
Of the 123 million women ages 16 years and over:
• 66 million were employed
• 47% of total U.S. labor force
• 73% worked in full time jobs
• 27% worked part-time

3. U.S. Women in the Labor Force:
2010 Facts
• 40.6% of women worked in management,
professional and related occupations
• 32% worked in sales and office occupations
• 21.3% in service occupations
• 5.2% in production, transportation, and material
moving occupations
• 0.9% in natural resources, construction and
maintenance occupations

4. U.S. Women in the Labor Force:
2010 Facts
• 46.1% Asian, 40.6% White, 33.8% Black women worked in management,
professional and related occupations
• 33.2% Hispanic women worked in service occupations
Unemployment rate for women was 8.6%, broken down by:
• 7.5% for Asian women
• 7.7% for White Women
•13.8% for Black Women
• 12.3% for Hispanic Women
Statistics provided by the U.S. Department of Labor http://www.dol.gov/wb/media/wbpublications.htm

5. Pl
Please join the conversation about the pressing issues facing
working women.
How can we create a successful workplace?
How can we create an empowered workforce?
Does your organization offer a mentoring program?
Are the mentors receiving cultural and multi-generational
competence training?

6. About National Business Women’s Week
• Originated with Emma Dot Partridge, Executive Secretary of the National
Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs from 1924-1927
• First annual observance of NBWW was held April 15-22, 1928
• BPW National President Lena Madesin Phillips opened the week with a
nationally broadcasted speech
• Purpose of the week was “to focus public attention upon a better business
woman for a better business world.”
• NBWW has grown into a nationwide salute to all working women
• In 1938 NBWW was moved to the third full week of October
• U.S. President Herbert Hoover was the first President to issue a letter
recognizing NBWW and the contributions and achievements of working
women.
Please visit www.mbpw.org for more information about NBWW Charlotte.