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A Labor Department study states that the numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five % increase in the past decade and accounted for more than sixty-two % of the total growth in the civilian work force.

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numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five % increase.
numbers of women employed outside the home grew more than thirty-five %
numbers of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirty - five %

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number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirty-five %

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