Because women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar men make. Those pennies add up to real money.
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Lilly Ledbetter
These are some quotes by American author Lilly Ledbetter Activist, who was born in 1938.
Quotes by Lilly Ledbetter
We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way to the Supreme Court. And, in a 5-4 decision, they stood on the side of those who shortchanged my pay, my overtime, and my retirement just because I am a woman.
Lilly Ledbetter
Some of you may know my story: How for nineteen years, I worked as a manager for a tire plant in Alabama. And some of you may have lived a similar story: After nearly two decades of hard, proud work, I found out that I was making significantly less money than the men who were doing the same work as me.
