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Getting Even

Why Women Don't Get Paid Like Men--And What to Do About It
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Description

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.

Product Details

PublisherTouchstone
Publish DateOctober 10, 2006
Pages352
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780743296397
Dimensions215.9 X 139.7 X 20.3 mm | 371.9 g

About the Author

Evelyn Murphy was the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1987 to 1991. She was the first woman in the state's history to hold statewide office. She has been an executive vice president of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Massachusetts and is a corporate director of SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Bank of America. She is the founder and president of the WAGE (Women Are Getting Even) Project Inc., which is dedicated to closing the wage gap in every American workplace.
E.J. Graff, a senior researcher at the Brandeis Institute for Investigative Journalism, is a senior correspondent for The American Prospect and has written for such publications as The New York Times Magazine, The Nation, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and Salon.com.

Reviews

"[Getting Even]...calls for nothing short of another American revolution that enlists the public, top executives, and men as well as women in the cause of fairness."

-- The Boston Globe

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