Jobs and Women – Obama’s Record Failure
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
The Romney campaign is highlighting the record of the Obama administration on employment for women. The following graphs illustrate the record. Click on the graph for a larger view.
 Graph showing female unemployment rate in the US 1992 to March 2012. Created by Charles Simmins from BLS data. |
This graph shows the unemployment rate for women age 20 and older from January 1992 to March 2012. |
 Graph showing female unemployment rate in the US 1992 to March 2012. Created by Charles Simmins from BLS data. |
This graph shows the unemployment rate for women age 20 and older from January 2000 to March 2012. Note the record low during the last Clinton term in 2007. |
 Graph showing female unemployment rate in the US 2006 to March 2012. Created by Charles Simmins from BLS data. |
This graph shows the unemployment rate for women age 20 and older from January 2006 to March 2012. The graph illustrates the onset of the recession and female unemployment rates during the Obama administration. |
 Graph illustrating the number of unemployed women in the US from 2000 to March 2012. Graph prepared by Charles Simmins using BLS data. |
Graph illustrating the number of unemployed women in the US from 2000 to March 2012. Note the record low number and compare it to the number of women unemployed in March 2012. Over three million more women are unemployed now. |
 Graph illustrating the number of women employed in the U.S. from 2000 through March 2012. Prepared by Charles Simmins from BLS data. |
This graph illustrates the number of American women over age 20 employed from 2000 through March 2012. Note the record number employed in June 2008. The loss of employment from June 2008 to March 2012 is 759,000 women. |
