You're going to hear some sentences which can give you a picture of the changes in women's status in America over the years. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with what you hear. on behalf of women's rights began in ,when both by law and by custom, women were considered " . " In , important changes occurred in the in America as a result of World War I. In after World War I, American women gained the right to . During , large numbers of women to do the jobs of the men who had been drafted into . Today, women make up of the professional in the US, and they make up of the airline pilots and . The Small Business Administration predicts that women will own nearly (others say half ) of in the US by the year 2000. From to , the number of business men and women -- -- increased overall, but during that period, the number of female entrepreneurs grew . In in the US, only of the state were women. By , this number had grown by , and of state legislators were women. Today, only of American families have the and the mother who to take care of the children. The rate of women's participation in the rose from in 1940 to in 1985.