I find this descriptive trend interesting and very important. You might find it useful for when you teach on gender, inequality, or education.

I used Census and ACS data between 1940 and 2019 and computed the proportion of prime-aged (25-54) folks who are in the labor force who are women (black dashed line), women with a college degree (reddish line) and men with a college degree (sea line).

The US labor market has experienced revolutionary growth of educated women. In 1940, about 1 out of every 50 people in the labor market was a woman with a college degree. In 2019, 1 out of every 5 people in the labor market was a woman with a college degree.

You can also see that in the last decade, you are slightly more likely to run into a woman with a college degree in the labor force than a man with a college degree. This is a big break from the preceding 40 years.

Finally, compare the stalled revolution of overall employment with continued growth of college educated women as a larger share of the labor force.

Interesting stuff!