There are 74.6 million in the civilian labor force and that number is growing at a steady clip. Statistics just released by the United States Department of Labor show 47 percent of the US work force are women. And listen to this: 70 percent of mothers with children under 18 participate in the labor force and mothers are the primary or sole earners for 40 percent of households with children under 18 today – compared with just 11 percent in 1960. Women are more likely than men to have earned a