The Voices of Women Perceptions of the Status of Women in Arkansas

Abstract

In 2013, the Women's Foundation of Arkansas published "1973/2013: A then and now report on the statusof women in Arkansas" an update to the report commissioned by Gov. Dale Bumpers in 1973. The 2013 report provides quantitative data on the economic, political and health status of women in AK. While these data detail aspects of the situation of women in AK face, there remained a lack of women's voices on the subject. This report provides key findings froma project to discover women's reactions to the 1973/2013 report and their perceptions on the women in general