You are going to hear some sentences which can give you a picture of the changes in women`s status in Amercia over the years. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with what you hear. 1. Organized activity on behalf of women's rights began in the mid 1800s, when both by law and by custom, women were considered 1“_______”. 2. In the2_______ , important changes occurred in the social and political climate in America as a result of World War I. 3. In3 _______ after World War I, American women gained the right to vote. 4. During World War II, large numbers of women entered the job market to do the jobs of the men who had been drafted into4 _______. 5. Today, women 5_______of the 200,000 professional firefighters in the U. S., and they make up 4% of airline pilots and navigators. 6. The Small Business Administration predicts that women will own nearly 40% (others say half) of6 _______ in the U.S. by the year 2000. 7. From 1980 to 1988, the number of business men and women-- 7_______ -- increased 56% overall, but during that period, the number of female entrepreneurs grew 82%. 8. In 1969 in the U. S., only 4% of the 8_______ were women. By 1993, this number had grown by 500%, and 20.4% of state legislators were women. 9. Today, only 10% of American families have the traditional working father and the mother who9_______ to take care of the children. 10. The rate of women's 10_______ rose from 27% in 1940 to 44% in 1985.