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The Status of Women in Tennessee. A Community Forum Co-Hosted by the Center for Research on Women and the Tennessee Economic Council on Women. Local Co-Sponsors. American Association of University Women (Memphis Branch) Center for Women’s Health Improvement, UT-Memphis
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The Status of Women in Tennessee • A Community Forum Co-Hosted • by the • Center for Research on Women • and the • Tennessee Economic Council on Women
Local Co-Sponsors • American Association of University Women (Memphis Branch) • Center for Women’s Health Improvement, UT-Memphis • Church Women United • Girls Incorporated • League of Women Voters of Memphis-Shelby County • Memphis Center for Reproductive Health • Memphis Regional Planned Parenthood • Memphis Sexual Assault Resource Center
Local Co-Sponsors (cont.) • National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., Memphis Chapter • National Council of Jewish Women • National Organization for Women (Memphis Chapter) • Network of Memphis • Tennessee Women's Political Caucus • United Methodist Women • Women Business Owners Contract Alliance Network • Women in Business Advisory Council • Women in Leadership Program, The University of Memphis
Local Co-Sponsors (cont.) • Women of Achievement • Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis • Young Women's Christian Association • For financial support of this event, special thanks to: Mickey Babcock; Center for Research on Women Donors' Fund; Center for Women’s Health Improvement-UT, Memphis; Network of Memphis; Office of the President, The University of Memphis; Public Service Fund, The University of Memphis; and Karen B. Shea.
Median Annual Earnings of Full-Time, Year-Round Workers (1997)
Voter Registration in Tennessee and the United States (1996) • Women tend to register and to vote at rates slightly higher than men. This is true both in Tennessee and the U.S. as a whole. Two-thirds of Tennessee women are registered to vote.