WOMEN IN THE 1980's
6, over half of colledge graduates are women. women are earning over half of the master's degrees, and more and more of them are entering professions such as law, medecine and bussiness. In 1986, women earned 30 percent of first professional degrees, up from 15 percent just 10 years earlier.




In 1985, about 9 percent of officers and enlisted personnel in the armed forces are women, an increase from less than 2 percent in 1972.