Speaking of Women's History Month...The Best and Worst States For Women

iVillage recently conducted a study of the nation's states to see which of them are the best for women. They compared six criteria including: Women's economic well-being [health insurance, preventative services, overall health, domestic violence laws] Parenting [affordable childcare, parental leave] Female representation [state government, Congress] Reproductive rights [family planning, abortion barriers, contraception coverage by insurance] and Education [four-year college degrees] Here's the list: 1. Connecticut 2. Hawaii 3. Maryland 4. Massachusetts 5. California 6. Vermont 7. New York 8. Minnesota 9. Washington  10. New Hampshire 11. New Jersey 12. Colorado 13. Maine 14. Illinois 15. Alaska 16. Rhode Island 17. Delaware 18. Oregon  19. Virginia 20. Wisconsin 21. Michigan 22. Arizona 23. New Mexico 24. North Carolina 25. Georgia 26. Montana 27. Nevada 28. Iowa 29. Kansas 30. Pennsylvania 31. Florida 32. Ohio 33. Wyoming 34. Nebraska 35. Utah 36. Missouri 37. North Dakota 38. Texas 39. South Dakota 40. Tennessee 41. Idaho 42. South Carolina 43. Indiana 44. Louisiana 45. Alabama 46. Kentucky 47. West Virginia 48. Arkansas 49. Oklahoma 50. Mississippi

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Calling all Educated Women: Don't Sell Your Dowry Yet - Study Shows You Just May Marry

In 1996, Newsweek reported:

"A woman over forty is more likely to be killed by a terrorist than get married."   

But, the NYTimes dispels such a myth in The M.R.S. and the Ph.D. 

Hear this: 

"By age 30, and especially at ages 35 and 40, college-educated women are significantly more likely to be married than any other group," says the NYTimes. 

Now Newsweek suggests that if you want to be happily married, then you should go to college.

A briefing paper released by the Council on Contemporary Families, reports that the marriage penalty women once paid for becoming educated, has disappeared. 

When college educated women marry, they tend to have more stable marriages because they are financially stable and better able to choose a compatible mate. 

Reports show that educated Black women have a higher marriage rate than their white counterparts. 70 percent of college educated Black women marry by the age of 40 compared to the 53 percent who never finish high school.          

Women are no longer forced to choose between Prince Charming and a Ph.D. It seems men are taking heed of Beyonce's call.  And if not, it doesn't matter because we all know.