Equal Pay Quotes
“The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men’s and women’s earnings for the same work” — Sandra Day O’Connor
“What’s really sad is that so many young women between the ages of 16 and 25 are ignorant and they already believe that women get the same pay as men. They don’t even really understand that equality hasn’t happened with the pay force” — Bell Hooks
“We passed the Equal Pay Act in 1963. It is now 2020. Women are still paid on average 80 cents on the dollar. Black women 61 cents. Native American women 58 cents. Latinas 53 cents. This is an injustice and it’s got to change” — Kamala Harris
We passed the Equal Pay Act in 1963. It is now 2020.
Women are still paid on average 80 cents on the dollar.
Black women 61 cents.
Native American women 58 cents.
Latinas 53 cents.This is an injustice and it's got to change.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 19, 2020
“Pay equality is not going to happen because we scream and yell about it, it’s going to happen when we start demanding it” – Susan Sarandon
“Ours is the only nation in the developed world with no paid maternity leave. We have no paid family sick leave. We don’t ensure affordable daycare, or provide universal pre-K, or mandate equal pay for equal work” — Kirsten Gillibrand
“Today (Nov 20) is Latina Equal Pay Day. Latina women are paid only 54 cents for every dollar earned by their white male counterparts. That is unacceptable. The Senate must pass the bipartisan House-passed Paycheck Fairness Act immediately” — Chris Coons
“I believe women are as capable as men, deserve equal pay — and that one day, should be sooner than later, in my opinion, the right woman can and should be leader of the free world” — Nora Roberts
“Woman’s ability to earn money is better protection against the tyranny and brutality of men than her ability to vote. I demand equal pay for equal work” — Victoria Woodhull
“What do we want? Equal pay! When do we want it? 100 years ago” — Ellen DeGeneres
“Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work” — Susan B. Anthony
“Someday women writers, producers and crew members will be so commonplace, and roles and salaries for actresses will outstrip those for men, and pigs will fly” — Sigourney Weaver
“We still are not paid equally. And if you believe that it’s a myth, do the math. Unequal pay hurts women. It hurts their families. And it hurts us all. You and I have to continue fighting for equal pay for equal work. I get up each day with that on my mind, because I need to make a difference” — Lilly Ledbetter
“After nearly two decades of hard, proud work, I found out that I was making significantly less money than the men who were doing the same work as me” — Lilly Ledbetter
“Is there a dollar store for men and a 79 cent store for women? I didn’t think so” — Debbie Stabenow
“I’m not here just to say we SHOULD close the wage gap. I’m here to say we WILL close the wage gap” — Barack Obama
“Women earn just $0.79 for every $1 men do. It’s worse for women of color. Let’s close that gap” — Hillary Clinton
“If talking about equal pay and paid leave and more opportunity for women and girls is playing the gender card, then deal me in” — Hillary Clinton
“I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man’s work for less than a man’s pay” — Clara Barton
“Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world” — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“In California alone, women lose 78.6 billion dollars to the wage gap. It’s time to end this injustice. It’s time to close the gap” — Jennifer Siebel Newsom
“I guess that maybe breasts are the most important part of the body when you think about it, I mean without them employers just wouldn’t know who to give the smaller paychecks to” — Elayne Boosler
“The last time I checked, there is no discount for being a woman. Groceries don’t cost us less, rent doesn’t cost us less, so why should we be paid less” — Hillary Clinton
“To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights, It is our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America!” — Patricia Arquette
BBC has confirmed it pays women less because they are smaller pic.twitter.com/2DK8WH6cs5
— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) November 30, 2021