ABSTRACT
From 1940 to 1990, the African-American female labor force grew from 1.8 million to about 11.6 million. The growth of the labor force has been associated with a number of factors, such as population increases, changing demographic characteristics of the population (such as fertility, marital status, education, and age), the overall status of the economy, and structural transformations of particular industries and occupations, as the economy shifted from an emphasis on agriculture to the service sector.
