American Morning

Women and economic recovery

CNN's Christine Romans speaks to Jacki Zehner of the Women's Funding Network, about the role women play in the economy.

The nation's unemployment rate is still climbing, but it's affecting a lot more men than women.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts unemployment over eight percent for men, but under seven percent for women. That has some experts wondering – could women be key to our recovery?

For more, we talked to Jacki Zehner with the Women's Funding Network and Linda Butler who's benefitted from that network.

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