West Virgina 47th worst
state for a woman
If you’re a woman, the only states
worse than West Virginia are Arkansas, Oklahoma and Mississippi. That’s
according to Cynthia Ramnarace in iVillage.
The top five states for women: Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland,
Massachusetts and California.
Kentucky, at 46th, is just
ahead of 47th place West Virginia.
West
Virginia has the lowest female college graduation rate (17.8%) in the
country, which means that West Virginia women bring home smaller paychecks.
17.8% of West Virginia
women live in poverty, which matches the college grad rate, and maybe isn't a coincidence. The national average is 14.5%.
However, Nobel and
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck, born
in Hillsboro, was the first woman to be awarded both prizes.
Born Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker, Pearl
got out of town at the age of five months. Her parents were missionaries in
China who came to West Virginia so that Pearl could be born with less risk of
disease that was spreading through China at the time.
She didn’t return
permanently to her birthplace, and died in Vermont after spending most of her
life in China and American universities.
You can check the article
out by clicking on http://www.ivillage.com/best-worst-states-for-women-ky-wv-ar-ok-ms/8-a-436881
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