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A critical evaluation of why working women receive less compensation than their male counterparts shares numerous true accounts of women from all walks of life who have endured discrimination in the workplace, in an account that makes recommendations on how to counter sex discrimination in professional settings. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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A WORKING WOMAN EARNS 77 CENTS FOR EVERY MALE DOLLAR. In the twenty-first century, the gender wage gap still affects the daily life of women throughout the country, at every economic level, from cashier to CEO. Is it fair? No. Can it be stopped? Absolutely. In this intelligently argued and carefully researched book, Evelyn Murphy, Ph.D., examines how much women (and their families) lose over a lifetime to the wage gap, knocks down the myth that women "choose" to make less, and documents the widespread discrimination that's holding down women's pay. But here's the good news: The wage gap can be closed. Having served as an economist, politician, public official, and corporate officer, Murphy has a 360-degree view of the problem -- and of the solution. Read this book -- and get even.
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