I don't know about you, but living in New York City I do a lot of people watching.
I look at the professional women in their power suits gliding through the big gold doors in midtown's largest office buildings, I observe the artsy girls selling and making their own jewelry down in Soho, I even glare, full of jealousy, at the Park Avenue princesses effortlessly strutting down 5th avenue, shopping bags in tow looking as if they literally leapt out of the pages of Vogue.
I people watch on my way to work, on the subway, from cab windows, on the trek back home, on a Sunday in central park, and all the time I wonder...where did all these women come from?
According to a Census poll taken back in 2006, there are roughly 152 million women currently living in the United States. 9,942,684. 2 in Manhattan alone. So, who are we? Where do we spend our time? What do we do? Why do we do it? Are we married? Divorced? Single? Mothers? Students? Both?
It may differ city by city, but collectively we can get an overall view by using a few simple statistics. In honor of Women's History month, we decided to harp not on the famous few but instead to commemorate the nameless women of our society everywhere. We are figuring out where they are hiding and how they spend their time. We are attempting to put a story behind the figure of 152 million.
I look at the professional women in their power suits gliding through the big gold doors in midtown's largest office buildings, I observe the artsy girls selling and making their own jewelry down in Soho, I even glare, full of jealousy, at the Park Avenue princesses effortlessly strutting down 5th avenue, shopping bags in tow looking as if they literally leapt out of the pages of Vogue.
I people watch on my way to work, on the subway, from cab windows, on the trek back home, on a Sunday in central park, and all the time I wonder...where did all these women come from?
According to a Census poll taken back in 2006, there are roughly 152 million women currently living in the United States. 9,942,684. 2 in Manhattan alone. So, who are we? Where do we spend our time? What do we do? Why do we do it? Are we married? Divorced? Single? Mothers? Students? Both?
It may differ city by city, but collectively we can get an overall view by using a few simple statistics. In honor of Women's History month, we decided to harp not on the famous few but instead to commemorate the nameless women of our society everywhere. We are figuring out where they are hiding and how they spend their time. We are attempting to put a story behind the figure of 152 million.
