(For example, see Terry J. Jorde “The future of banking - The Structure and Role of Commercial Affiliations” in the Symposium hosted by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, U.S.A., July, 16, 2003).
By then, the share of women going into the traditional fields of teaching, nursing, social work, and clerical work declined, and more women were becoming doctors, lawyers, managers, and, yes, professors. As women increased their education and joined industries and occupations formerly dominated by men, the gap in earnings between women and men began to close significantly.