Women have long fought for their place in America to be accepted and characterized by equality of position and pay. While some women are content to be hard-working wives and housemothers, others strive for a distant place to have a voice in what some consider a man's world. Around the world, many countries are a patriarchy where the male is the figurehead of a position in society. Different cultures, religions and beliefs struggle with women's growing desire to become successful leaders. Some women strive for education to lead them into the world of corporate business, while other women are forced into this position due to circumstances. Women just want to be heard and recognized for their place in life. Centuries ago women were supposed to be quiet, unassuming and dominated in society. As the views of humanity have changed, the views of women have also changed. In America, the 2009 census reported 11.6 million as the number of single parents living with their children in 2009. There were 9.9 million single mothers and 1.7 million single fathers. There is a huge disparity between these numbers. We wonder where the other 8.2 million fathers are and why women, who are the majority, mainly take care of them. The most important concern is how the children of these families have become responsible and well-adjusted adults. Circumstantial women are those who are single, heads of household, earn income from two or more jobs, and raise children alone. Most of these women were put in this position due to the absence of the male figure. Single women far outnumber men in the same situation. Furthermore, a man's income would most likely be higher. The women not only run the household, but also go to work to support the... medium of paper......Intern Charlie Fanning. Network. 2011. http://dpeaflcio.org/wp-content/uploads/Professional-Women-2011.pdfHistory of women in America. International Women's Center. Excerpt from Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995 Compton's NewMedia, Inc.http://www.wic.org/misc/history.htmBelva Lockwood-para 3-Prologue Magazine, Jill Norgren-Belva Lockwood-Blazing the Trail for Women inLaw, 2005, Vol 37, no. 1. http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/spring/belva-lockwood-1.html.BUMILLER, ELISABETH. “Let women join women in the war in Afghanistan.” New York Times 07 March 2010:1. Search TOPIC. Network. December 2, 2011.Women's Liberation Movement…… Levy, Ariel. "Lift and separate." New Yorker 85.37 (2009): 78.TOPICsearch. Network. December 2, 2011.Canfield, Leon H., et al. The United States in the making. Massachusetts. The Riverside Press. 1937.Print.