Personal finance website WalletHub compared the 50 state across three key dimensions – workplace environment, education and health and political empowerment.
MINNEAPOLIS — It’s been 104 years since the 19th Amendment was passed giving women in America the right to vote.
While there’s been plenty of progress in the push for equality since then, gaps remain in many areas. Women, particularly women of color, still lag in income for the same amount of work, leadership roles and political representation, to name a few.
To gauge which states offer the best opportunities for women, personal finance website WalletHub compared all 50 states across three key dimensions – workplace environment, education and health, and political empowerment. Each of those dimensions was broken down into 17 separate metrics to determine where women have the most opportunity to live a life closest to the definition of equality.
When the numbers were calculated, Minnesota ranked …