8602420456?profile=originalAmazing news on this year's Women's Equality Day: The number of companies owned by Latinas has soared in the past several years, despite the fact that the overall growth rate of new businesses has stalled.

The number of companies owned by Latinas rose 87 percent between 2007 and 2012 to 1.48 million, WSJ reports. Business owned by African-American women increased by 68 percent during the same period, and Asian women saw a 44 percent growth.

Overall, the total number of U.S. companies increased by two percent, and the number of women-owned businesses rose 27 percent during the same period.

Some believe that the numbers increased so dramatically because women of color had a bigger necessity to start their own businesses because of job losses during the recession. READ MORE AT LATINA

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