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Did you know that in Wyoming:

  • Women earn 30% less than men, on average.
  • Women-owned businesses rank in the bottom five nationally.
  • 27% of all households are headed by a single female.
  • Single mother families constitute 44.2% of all Wyoming families in poverty.
  • Women are more likely to die from suicide than women in all but three other states.
  • 21.9% of women between the ages of 18 and 64 are without health insurance.
  • 18 out of 23 counties have been partially or completely designated as Health Professional Shortage areas.
  • Only 14 of the 90 available legislative seats are currently held by women.
  • Teens have sex earlier than the national average.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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313 S. 2nd St.
Laramie, WY 82070
Phone: (307) 721-8300
Fax: (307) 721 -8333


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