Boss Ladies
August, 1986
Last February, we passed a point that our fathers probably never dreamed of: The nation's 13,847,000 professional jobs split in favor of women—6,938,000 jobs for women, 6,909,000 for men. Women netted 29,000 more professional jobs, and there's little doubt that this is just the start of something big.The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics called it a "historic milestone." Its figures were based on studies of 50 "knowledge-based occupations"—architects, engineers, scientists, phy...