A Native woman with a Master’s degree earns about the same amount as a white man with just an Associate’s degree. #Not100
The pay gap actually widens for Native women with a higher education level. #Not100
And please remember, we are paying back the same amount of student loans.
A Native woman would have to work until she was 90 years old to earn what her white man counterpart would make by the time he was 60. #Not100
The gender pay gap between Native women and white men is the second largest racial gender pay disparity in the U.S. #NativeWomensEqualPayDay #Not100
Native women make 58 cents for every dollar made by white men. #NativeWomensEqualPayDay #Not100
Sources: National Indian Council on Aging & National Women’s Law Center. nwlc-ciw49tixgw5lbab.stackpathdns.com/wp-content/upl…
Today is #NativeWomensEqualPayDay, because Native women achieve symbolic pay parity on September 23rd. On average, we must work nine additional months into the new year before we reach the same pay as white men. Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act! #Not100
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