Through out history, women have fought for their rights due to the lack of freedom and equality that they had accommodated with. Women were rejected the right to vote, to go to school, and the right to get a job with equal pay as men. Although throughout time women have protested and gained their right to vote and work, however, inequality still exits when it comes to a man and a woman’s income. Despite of a woman having the same experience and work ethic of a man, they still fail to receive the same payment. According to Equal Pay For Equal Work: Not Even College Helps Women, Korva Coleman states, “The American Association of University Women is releasing a new study that shows when men and women attend the same kind of college, pick the same major and accept the same kind of job, on average, the woman will still earn 82 cents to every dollar that a man earns.” For the past decades history has shown a lot of male dominance, the women of today operate as effectively as men in the work field and therefore they deserve equal pay.
The Wage Gap Persists: In Eileen Patten’s article, On Equal Pay Day, Key Facts About the Gender Pay Gap …show more content…
A woman named Cheryl Hughes was a single mother who pursued an engineering degree was unable to overcome the unequal pay due to the fact that she was an African American woman. Another woman named Anastasia Engebretson accepted the salary that she was getting paid without negotiating and ended up working with other male technicians, a few whom had less education and relevant experience than her but were getting paid more than her. These personal stories by women in today’s society further proves as to why women should earn the right to get equal pay. By getting rid of the wage gap can prevent women from going through the obstacles that Hughes and Engebretson
The Wage Gap Persists: In Eileen Patten’s article, On Equal Pay Day, Key Facts About the Gender Pay Gap …show more content…
A woman named Cheryl Hughes was a single mother who pursued an engineering degree was unable to overcome the unequal pay due to the fact that she was an African American woman. Another woman named Anastasia Engebretson accepted the salary that she was getting paid without negotiating and ended up working with other male technicians, a few whom had less education and relevant experience than her but were getting paid more than her. These personal stories by women in today’s society further proves as to why women should earn the right to get equal pay. By getting rid of the wage gap can prevent women from going through the obstacles that Hughes and Engebretson