Women in America are thriving. Though many influential groups feed on the prevailing myth that women are oppressed, most women are healthier, wealthier, and better educated than ever before. Michelle Bernard, the president of the Independent Women's Forum, lays out the facts in a new book that will make life harder for radical feminism's ideological hucksters.

The standard feminist line faithfully reiterated by the mainstream media is that the deck is stacked against women in employment, education, politics, healthcare, and virtually every institution except the Girl Scouts. But in reality, most women earn more than men, female poverty is decreasing and life expectancy increasing, and women are excelling in education and in the professions.

There are problems, to be sure, but Bernard shows that so-called women s leaders ignore them. The real threat to women's well-being is the breakdown of marriage and the family. Unwed pregnancy and single motherhood condemn far more women to poverty and abuse than sexism does. The feminist ethos of victimhood, Bernard demonstrates, obscures the fact that these problems are largely avoidable for any woman who exercises personal responsibility.

Bernard's easy-to-read book is the source for the facts about how women are prospering in America today. Condensing a mountain of reliable but cumbersome information, she reveals the surprisingly upbeat picture of women's lives today. Her illuminating graphs, text boxes, and charts allow anyone to understand her statistics.