Phase one
The Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation takes a deep dive into understanding Black women’s economic mobility in the Midwest. This three-phase project consists of a literature review of the historical context of labor trends and systemic barriers to Black women’s employment, a quantitative analysis to understand Black women in the workforce, and a qualitative study to determine the factors fostering or deterring Black women’s economic mobility.
Phase 1 examines Black women and the labor/employment system from a historical perspective. The phase 1 report informs phase 2 and phase 3, which offer quantitative and qualitative analyses of Black women’s economic mobility in the Midwest today.