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Since 1900, there was only a ~50 year period in which men and women didn't graduate college at high rates of gender parity
Topic: PatriarchySource
Citation: The Homecoming of American College Women: The Reversal of the College Gender Gap, pp. 134-137 Author(s): Goldin, Katz, Kuziemko Institution(s): Link: http://www2.econ.iastate.edu/classes/econ321/orazem/goldin_college.pdf Nation(s): United States Year(s): 2006 Source: Primary Type: Statistical AnalysisDiscussion
Other Notes:The surge of male graduates during this period largely coincided with the Great Depression (in which men lost their jobs and had to do something with themselves) and the years of the GI Bill helped to finance college education for men who had fought in World War II and the Korean War