Obama's Record on Women's Pay: So-So

Bloomberg Business Week By Elizabeth Dwoskin on April 18, 2012 As the Obama and Romney campaigns continue to snipe at each other over so-called women’s issues, it seems like a good time to take a look at the administration’s record on the wage gap, the persistent disparity between men’s and women’s pay that exists across all sectors of the economy. On average, women earn 77 cents for every dollar a male counterpart makes. Over the course of her career, that gap contributes to hundreds of thousands of dollars in diminished earning potential. So how does the Obama administration, which claims that it has championed women’s rights, stack up? Not bad, not great. Full Story: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-18/obamas-record-on-womens-pay-so-so