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Improving the economic situation of unmarried women will help our national economy overall. Policymakers should focus on policies that will increase unmarried women’s wages and spending potential, reduce their debt and increase their wealth, and improve the lives and futures of the children they are raising. (iStockphoto)

The Other Half

Report from Liz Weiss and Page Gardner discusses how improving the economic situation of unmarried women will help our national economy out of the Great Recession.

Liz Weiss, Page Gardner

Advancing the Economic Security of Unmarried Women Report
Despite the economic disparities unmarried women face, they make major contributions to the economy and their communities. Most unmarried women work outside the home, and they are more than a fifth of the nation’s workers. (Flickr/<a href=Gabriela Camerotti)" data-srcset="https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2010/03/umd_women_onpage.jpg?w=610 610w, https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2010/03/umd_women_onpage.jpg?w=610 610w, https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2010/03/umd_women_onpage.jpg?w=610 610w, https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2010/03/umd_women_onpage.jpg?w=500 500w, https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2010/03/umd_women_onpage.jpg?w=250 250w" data-sizes="auto" />

Advancing the Economic Security of Unmarried Women

A report by Liz Weiss and Page Gardner outlines an economic security agenda for unmarried women with a focus on key areas of legislation in the 111th Congress.

Liz Weiss, Page Gardner

House Health Bill Will Help Unmarried Women Article
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is flanked by Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC), left, and Rep. George Miller (D-CA), right, during a press conference on November 7, 2009 after House passage of a health care reform bill. (AP/Alex Brandon)

House Health Bill Will Help Unmarried Women

As the Senate debates health reform legislation, it should look to several provisions in the House bill that would help unmarried women, write Liz Weiss and Page Gardner.

Page Gardner, Liz Weiss