Equal Pay Quotes

• Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Girl, Diversity, Together

  The Revolution, 8 Oct. 1869

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• I want a Zero Tolerance policy on All The Patriarchal Bullshit.

  Caitlin Moran

  Zero, Bullshit, Tolerance

  Caitlin Moran (2012). “How to Be a Woman”, p.10, Harper Collins

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• I am grateful to those Members of Congress who worked so diligently to guide the Equal Pay Act through. It is a first step. It affirms our determination that when women enter the labor force they will find equality in their pay envelopes.

  John F. Kennedy

  Determination, Grateful, Labor Force

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.465, Best Books on

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• Legislation to apply the principle of equal pay for equal work without discrimination because of sex is a matter of simple justice

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Sex, Simple, Justice

  Eisenhower, Dwight D (1958). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956”, p.23, Best Books on

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• I do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value. Scorn to be coddled by your employers; make them understand that you are in their service as workers, not as women.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Demand, Employers, Workers

  "The Revolution", Women's Suffrage Newspaper, October 8, 1868.

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• Far too many women are hesitant, and remain trapped in jobs for which they are over-qualified or paid beneath their worth.

  Janet Street-Porter

  Jobs, Qualified, Paid

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• And I spoke out on women's rights, like equal pay for equal work

  Karen Morley

  Rights, Spokes, Pay

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• While much remains to be done to achieve full equality of economic opportunity-for the average woman worker earns only 60 percent of the average wage for men-this legislation is a significant step forward.

  John F. Kennedy

  Opportunity, Men, Average

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.465, Best Books on

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• If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm a feminist, that's a transformation of society.

  Gloria Steinem

  Feminist, Reform, Transformation

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• A man is still likely to earn more money than a woman, even one doing the same job. You have a far better chance of entering political office or becoming a company director... Women are responsible for two thirds of the work done worldwide, yet earn only 10% of the total income and own 1% of the property... So, are we equals? Until the answer is yes, we must never stop asking.

  Daniel Craig

  Jobs, Men, Two

  "James Bond video for international women's day shows 007's feminine side" by Esther Addley, www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2011.

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• Our economy today depends upon women in the labor force. One out of three workers is a woman. Today, there are almost 25 million women employed, and their number is rising faster than the number of men in the labor force.

  John F. Kennedy

  Men, Economy Today, Labor Force

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.465, Best Books on

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• It is extremely important that adequate provision be made for reasonable levels of income to them, for the care of the children which they must leave at home or in school, and for protection of the family unit. One of the prime objectives of the Commission on the Status of Women, which I appointed 18 months ago, is to develop a program to accomplish these purposes.

  John F. Kennedy

  Children, Home, School

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.465, Best Books on

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• The lower the family income, the higher the probability that the mother must work. Today, 1 out of 5 of these working mothers has children under 3. Two out of 5 have children of school age. Among the remainder, about 50 percent have husbands who earn less than $5,000 a year-many of them much less. I believe they bear the heaviest burden of any group in our Nation. Where the mother is the sole support of the family, she often must face the hard choice of either accepting public assistance or taking a position at a pay rate which averages less than two-thirds of the pay rate for men.

  John F. Kennedy

  Mother, Children, Husband

  "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963".

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• It is for these reasons that I believe we must expand day-care centers and provide other assistance which I have recommended to the Congress. At present, the total facilities of all the licensed day-care centers in the Nation can take care of only 185,000 children. Nearly 500,000 children under 12 must take care of themselves while their mothers work. This, it seems to me, is a formula for disaster.

  John F. Kennedy

  Mother, Children, Believe

  "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963".

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• We also need the provisions in the tax bill that will permit working mothers to increase the deduction from income tax liability for costs incurred in providing care for their children while the mothers are working. In October the Commission on the Status of Women will report to me. This problem should have a high priority, and I think that whatever we leave undone this year we must move on this in January.

  John F. Kennedy

  Mother, Children, Moving

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.465, Best Books on

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• The reality is that if we do nothing it will take 75 years, or for me to be nearly a hundred before women can expect to be paid the same as men for the same work.

  Emma Watson

  Reality, Men, Years

  United Nations Address on Gender Equality, delivered 20 September 2014

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• What some men don't understand is that by opposing policies to reduce violence, promote equal pay and universal healthcare and voting to limit access to contraception and legal abortion, they are relegating women to another century, a time when men ruled exclusively and women were considered property and had to be guided by a firm masculine hand.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Men, Hands, Abortion

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• We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation for these day-care centers, which seems to me to be money very wisely spent, and also under consideration of the tax bill, that we can consider the needs of the working mothers, and both of these will be very helpful, and I would like to lobby in their behalf.

  John F. Kennedy

  Mother, Day Care, Needs

  "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963".

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• I am glad that Congress has recently authorized $800,000 to State welfare agencies to expand their day-care services during the remainder of this fiscal year. But we need much more. We need the $8 million in the 1965 budget for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare allocated to this purpose.

  John F. Kennedy

  Agency, Health Education, Years

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.465, Best Books on

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• Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.

  Mao Zedong

  Principles, Fronts, Labour

  Zedong Mao (1972). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung”, p.298, China Books

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• We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way to the Supreme Court. And, in a 5 - 4 decision, they stood on the side of those who shortchanged my pay, my overtime, and my retirement just because I am a woman.

  Lilly Ledbetter

  Retirement, Fighting, Years

  Lilly Ledbetter's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

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• We are all are equal, but some pay higher tax rates than others.

  Jeff Rich

  Taxes, Rate, Higher

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• Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits.

  Michael M. Honda

  Equality, Sisterhood, Issues

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• Today there are people trying take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that happen.

  Kerry Washington

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Grandmother

  Kerry Washington's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 6, 2012.

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• And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women.

  Louise Slaughter

  Hard Work, Issues, Care

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