7 charts that show the glaring gap between men’s and women’s salaries in the US

7 charts that show the glaring gap between men’s and women’s salaries in the US

US Rep. Ilhan Omar poses for a photo with fellow panelists at a town hall meeting on gender pay gap and equity on April 24, 2019, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.







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This year's Women's Equality Day is on August 26, to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the 19th Amendment ensuring women the right to vote throughout the United States, though women of color wouldn't fully secure that right until decades later.  Even though a lot of progress has been made, the gender wage gap persists. The median