Women as a Proportion of U.S. Workforce

Below, Corrections depicts women as a proportion of the U.S. workforce (click to enlarge).

Employment Patterns in Twelve Recessions

Below, Corrections displays the employment patterns from twelve U.S. recessions.  The first lines up NBER peaks:  these may or may not be employment peaks (click to enlarge).  The second lines up employment troughs (click to enlarge).  The two are the same data (though the percentages vary because baseline comparison levels vary).