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Women’s Equality Day: What the Heck Do I Tell My Daughter?
Reprinted from The Huffington Post with the express permission of the author. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
Today [August 26, 2011] is Women’s Equality Day. At the center of my mind today is:
What the heck do I tell my daughter?
How do I tell my daughter about the fact that despite many gains made for women’s (and mothers’) equality, women still don’t earn equal pay for equal work? Women now make, on average, only 77 cents for every dollar …











