The Wash­ing­ton Post reports that more women than men earned doc­tor­ates for the first time. The arti­cle reports that,  “Men retained the lead in doc­toral degrees until 2008, largely through their dom­i­nance in engi­neer­ing, math­e­mat­ics and the phys­i­cal sci­ences. They still earn nearly 80 per­cent of engi­neer­ing doctorates.”

Labor Day was first rec­og­nized on Sep­tem­ber 5, 1882 in New York City and, since its incep­tion, has been a day to give recog­ni­tion to the value of the Amer­i­can worker.  How­ever, women’s value is not on par with men. We still earn 77 cents on the dol­lar on aver­age nation­wide. In Geor­gia, it is a bit higher, 81 cents on the dol­lar. I won­der if all the Fed­eral jobs in Geor­gia bring it up a bit.

Nev­er­the­less, we work just as hard as men and should be rewarded. Isn’t it time for a change?  We are wait­ing Sen­a­tors Cham­b­liss and Isak­son. SB 182, the Pay­check Fair­ness Act is ready for action in the Sen­ate. It cleared the House in Jan­u­ary 2009. The crit­i­cal bill will pro­vide greater safe­guards against pay dis­crim­i­na­tion, which would be a fit­ting way to rec­og­nize the value of every Amer­i­can worker, every day.

It’s up to you to take action today! Tell Sen­a­tor Cham­b­liss and Isak­son that every day is Labor Day for women, and that it’s past time they passed the Pay­check Fair­ness Act! It is easy to do with the AAUW Two Minute Activist. Just enter your zip code and fol­low the prompts.

… because EQUITY is STILL an ISSUE.

Today is Women’s Equal­ity Day, the 90^th anniver­sary of the offi­cial day the 19^th amend­ment became part of the U.S. Con­sti­tu­tion. Geor­gia did not rat­ify the Women’s Vote amend­ment until 1970. We need the Pay­check Fair­ness Act leg­is­la­tion to pass to get pay equity.