Research the United States or a region of the United States of your choice and analyze the impact of this issue(s) on women in that region.

You should include all of the following in your text, but can choose to incorporate more information so as to provide a more complete response:

I)   For the United States or the region of the United States that you chose, provide:

• A brief historical description of the statistical data concerning the issue(s) related to education, marriage/divorce, social programs,…  as it relates to women in the United States or the region of the United States that you chose. Study the historical period which you are able to document. You must use statistical data and factual information to address this question.
• A brief description of the relevant religious, cultural, societal or other environment criteria that affected the above mentioned in the United States or the region of the United States that you chose. Be sure to research factual information on the subject.

II)  Make a qualitative assessment of the issue(s) by providing:

• A qualitative assessment of the issue(s) that you chose to analyze.
• A qualitative assessment of why you believe that the issue(s) that you related exists.
• Use the knowledge acquired in this class to make a normative assessment and propose two policy recommendations that you believe would help to improve the issue(s) that you chose. (This last question will account for a significant portion of my grade)

General Instructions: 

• You must incorporate in your project social or economic concepts and apply them to your analysis.
• You must state your interpretation of the information that you provided and then justify your interpretation using several arguments that you will need to explain.

Special Instructions: 

• You must include graphs and/or equations to present your information.
• You must appropriately reference all of your sources using the APA or the MLA guidelines