Trump’s inauguration saw millions of women, clad in pink hats, protesting a whole range of progressive issues surrounding the new Presidency. Despite a clear national disillusion with the state of gender equality, MoveHub set out to see which state offers the best quality of life for US women.

The study investigated the status of women in all 50 states by cross-referencing data for the gender pay gap, political representation in the state legislature, equality in education, accessibility to health insurance, reproductive rights and the number of incidents of violence against women at the hands of men. Individual rankings from each factor were combined to give an overall score of which states performed best when it comes to protecting and promoting the welfare of their female citizens..

Overall, the study found that states that scored poorly in terms of political representation also did badly on factors such as equal pay and women’s reproductive rights, suggesting that the quality of women’s lives is somewhat determined by inequality in government.