Pick up handout Make sure you have your name on the back of you Mural and it is ready to TURN IN
Women’s Right’s p 59 READ the Fact sheet handout. Draw a scale from 1-10 and rate where you would put the following statement on that scale. 1 being no progress 10 being equal. I________________________________10 Since the 1800’s women have made little progress toward obtaining equality with men. Be prepared to share your response and why you gave it that rating.
WAGE GAP
WOMEN EARN ON AVERAGE 80 CENTS PER EVERY DOLLAR A MAN EARNS. ALL WOMEN WOMEN EARN ON AVERAGE 80 CENTS PER EVERY DOLLAR A MAN EARNS.
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN EARN 64 CENTS PER DOLLAR
LATINO WOMEN ON AVERAGE EARN 56 CENTS PER EVERY DOLLAR A MAN EARNS.
Lilly Ledbetter’s Story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhSFttshcPk
Lilly Ledbetter ACT (2009) The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act allows individuals who face pay discrimination to seek rectification under federal anti-discrimination laws. The law clarifies that discrimination based on age, religion, national origin, race, sex and disability will "accrue" every time the employee receives a paycheck that is deemed discriminatory.