With women still earning only 78 cents for every dollar a man earns, today, April 14, is symbolic. It was chosen as National Equal Pay Day because April 14 is the date to which women in this country would have to work, past the end of last year, in order to make the same amount of money as a man did in 2014. Mind-boggled? You're not alone.
Amy Poehler: "It's never overreacting to ask for what you want and need."
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Maria Shriver: "What women need now is to invest in themselves."
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40 years ago, Batgirl fought for equal pay too!__
Chloe Grace Moretz: "Let's squash the pay gap."
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Supermodel Karolina Kurkova: "Women are now better educated but still not better paid."
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The Gap asks: Are we really better off now than we were back then?
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__Imagine: How much better off women, children, and families would be if women were paid a fair and equal wage. #EqualPayDay