The United States was founded on equality for all who wish to join the movement of self-independence, but history has told a different story for all women. In a modern world where women face a wage gap between 21-35 percent compared to men throughout the United States, this has become a problem that is socially unacceptable (Hill, 2016). The ability for self-independence has been drastically lowered and economic competition becomes more difficult. Though this epidemic has been a constant battle, there have been many advances in cutting the gender wage gap.
There have been many remarkable movements and legal advances towards shorting the space between the wage gaps. One of the most, if not the most remarkable advancement women have taken towards …show more content…
Out of nowhere, progress came to a halt and it seemed that the world had forgotten about the fight for pay equality. With little progress and what looked like the beginning of a failed attempt at gender equality, was revived by President Obama. On January 29, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The signing of this act was the revival that women need towards the gender wage gap. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was based on a woman that had been a victim of gender discrimination. Lilly Ledbetter had received consistent poor reviews from her bosses, and saw her male colleagues continuously being promoted over her, when she realized that she was making a good amount less than even men she had a significant amount of seniority over. Due to filing issues and previsions laws set in place, she was not covered under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but she regained the motivation to push for complete abolishment of wage discrimination. The act broke down every aspect of inequality and set the basis of an economy with a zero tolerance for gender discrimination. The act's key concept was “to include employer decisions about base pay or wages, job classifications, career ladder or other noncompetitive promotion denials, tenure denials, and failure to respond to requests for raises” (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2016, para. 4 ). Also the law indicate that
There have been many remarkable movements and legal advances towards shorting the space between the wage gaps. One of the most, if not the most remarkable advancement women have taken towards …show more content…
Out of nowhere, progress came to a halt and it seemed that the world had forgotten about the fight for pay equality. With little progress and what looked like the beginning of a failed attempt at gender equality, was revived by President Obama. On January 29, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The signing of this act was the revival that women need towards the gender wage gap. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was based on a woman that had been a victim of gender discrimination. Lilly Ledbetter had received consistent poor reviews from her bosses, and saw her male colleagues continuously being promoted over her, when she realized that she was making a good amount less than even men she had a significant amount of seniority over. Due to filing issues and previsions laws set in place, she was not covered under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but she regained the motivation to push for complete abolishment of wage discrimination. The act broke down every aspect of inequality and set the basis of an economy with a zero tolerance for gender discrimination. The act's key concept was “to include employer decisions about base pay or wages, job classifications, career ladder or other noncompetitive promotion denials, tenure denials, and failure to respond to requests for raises” (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2016, para. 4 ). Also the law indicate that