eileen appelbaum is a senior economist at the center for economic and policy research. she spent eight years as the head of the rutgers center for women in the workplace. let's start with the basic numbers. how many women are at work in our population today? guest: the number of women in the labor force has consistently increased over our lifetimes. i think we have a graph that shows from the late 1960's to 2009, it shows a steady increase. the numbers of voice trailed those of men in the workforce. this is a component of the labor force working full time year round. you can see a steady increase on the 2009 figures. host: it looks as though proportionally, men and women were equally hit in the 2008 recession. guest: the effects of recession are fairly dramatic on full-time employment. at the right side of the chart, you can see that men suffered a little worse than women during the recession. most people relate that to the kinds of occupations and industries men are working in. construction and manufacturing were really hit during the recession, affecting more men than

eileen appelbaum is a senior economist at the center for economic and policy research. she spent eight years as the head of the rutgers center for women in the workplace. let's start with the basic numbers. how many women are at work in our population today? guest: the number of women in the labor force has consistently increased over our lifetimes. i think we have a graph that shows from the late 1960's to 2009, it shows a steady increase. the numbers of voice trailed those of men in the workforce. this is a component of the labor force working full time year round. you can see a steady increase on the 2009 figures. host: it looks as though proportionally, men and women were equally hit in the 2008 recession. guest: the effects of recession are fairly dramatic on full-time employment. at the right side of the chart, you can see that men suffered a little worse than women during the recession. most people relate that to the kinds of occupations and industries men are working in. construction and manufacturing were really hit during the recession, affecting more men than

our guests are census bureau director robert gross and eileen appelbaum. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. several live events to tell you about this morning, the u.s. commission on civil rights looks at how minority communities are affected by the eminent domain, taking private property for public use. that is on our coming -- companion network c-span2. c-span, live from the brookings institution at 10:00 eastern with a form on the federal deficit affecting national security. analysts include former national security adviser steven hadley. >> watch more video of the candidates. see what political reporters are single track the latest campaign contributions with c-span's website for 2012. easy-to-use, navigate the political landscape would twister feeds and facebook updates from the campaigns. canada biographies and the latest polling data plus links to c-span media and the early primary and caucus states. all act president obama on the economy, jobs, and the political climate in washington. he spoke after touring a bat

our guests are robert groves and eileen appelbaum. >> this weekend, federal all olmsted is rememberedor designing the u.s. capitol grounds, but justin martin looks at his life as a journalist and abolitionist. then, "muzzled," the assault on an honest debate i want williams. then we're taking inside "the pirates of somalia." this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, we will visit the office of the archivist of the united states as he shows us historic documents that are occurring -- that are of interest to him. on the 50th anniversary of the bay of pigs invasion, a critical look at u.s.-cuban relations in the 1950's and the 1960's and the actions of both the eisenhower and kennedy administrations. british prime minister david cameron recall parliament from its summer recess because of the riots in london and other cities. he told members that homeowners and businesses affected by the riots can be compensated by the government. following his remarks, members asked about sentencing procedures, curdle responsible -- parental responsibility. this portion is a little more than an hou