Growing Number of Top Women Donors Support American Red Cross

More than ever, women are taking increasingly prominent roles in society and becoming 21st century economic powerhouses. About 3.4 million women make up 46.3 percent of the nation's top wealth holders, according to a 2005 IRS report on 2001 income. These women had a combined net worth of $6.291 trillion, an increase of nearly 50 percent previously reported in 1998.