Susan R. Madsen: 'Improving women’s economic and social well-being, along with women’s health care and safety, helps families, workplaces and society at large. Helping women helps Utah.'
Erin Preston, dressed as her great, great grandmother, Lucy Augusta Rice Clark who she says was the first woman to vote in a Republican National Convention joins the rally on Women’s Equality Day at the Capitol on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, to encourage Utah to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.In the state of Utah, we typically talk about WalletHub’s “Best & Worst States for Women’s Equality.” As most people know, we are ranked dead last — eight years running — on this set of metrics.
Out of 100 possible points, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Connecticut and the District of Columbia all have over 70 points and are at the top, while Oklahoma, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama and Georgia are ranked as the worst states — all below 40 points.
For this ranking, WalletHub categorizes their findings into two main categories, women’s economic and social well-being, and women’s health care and safety, with a total of 25 key indicators that are each weighted differently. They pull their data from a variety of sources that range from the U.S. Census Bureau to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Education Statistics and the Violence Policy Center.
Although not published in their report, I was able to obtain more detailed data directly from WalletHub. Let me share what I found.First, Utah currently ranks 43rd for the “Women’s Economic & Social Well-Being” category. I have included the state rankings for each indicator within this category below .
Utah is doing well in some areas, with low unemployment rates, less women living in poverty than most states, lower homicide rates, economic clout of women-owned firms and more physically active women. However, the ones I am particularly concerned about right now include Utah’s prevalence of rape victimization among women (
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