Doesn’t it infuriate you that women could be making thousands of dollars more each year?! Think of what you could do with extra money each year – pay off a debt, save for retirement, or donate more to your favorite nonprofit. Even though President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009, American women in the United States who work full-time, year-round are paid only 77 cents for every dollar paid to white men (National Women’s Law Center.)
April 17th was equal pay day. Equal pay day is a symbolic marking of how much longer it takes (white) women to earn as much as white men in the previous year. Continue reading Channeling Anger at the Gender Pay Gap