claim: "two-thirds of the people who receive the minimum wage are female."
author: cokie roberts
evidence_1: nearly two-thirds of minimum wage workers in the united states are women ―  and the minimum wage falls far short of what it takes to live above the poverty line  ...
evidence_2: jul 24, 2012 ... because women make up two-thirds of minimum wage workers in this country. ...  the “extreme poverty rate” for women, meaning someone whose income is ...  just take a look at the national boycott of hyatt hotels started ...
evidence_3: apr 28, 2015 ... many are young and women, and they are likely to be employed in ... in los  angeles, eight people are on a 15-day hunger strike to ... that's a combined total  of about 3 million american workers who earn the federal minimum wage or less.  ... two-thirds of workers earning the minimum wage or less are ...
evidence_4: ... in 2016, about 3 percent of women and about 2 percent of men had wages at  or below ... about 6 percent of part-time workers (persons who usually work fewer  than 35 ... two-thirds of workers earning the minimum wage or less in 2016 were  ... for many of these workers, tips may supplement the hourly wages received.
evidence_5: sep 18, 2017 ... two thirds of workers paid less than the minimum wage are female, the ... total  number of people who are not receiving the full minimum wage ...