Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents—and What They Mean for America's Future

by Jean M. Twenge

In 1941, just before the U.S. entered the war, 43% of four-year college degrees went to women. Yet in 1952, after nearly all men on the GI Bill had finished their degrees, only 32% of college degrees went to women.