Because women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar men make. Those pennies add up to real money.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
How is it even sustainable in 21st-century America that women earn, on average, 77 cents for every dollar earned by men?
In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.
Why do women get paid less money? It doesn't make any sense.
Because there still exists a significant pay gap, women tend to earn less than men over the course of their lifetimes. Compounding the problem, women tend to spend less time in the workforce than men.
The fact is, women don't like to talk about money, let alone deal with it. Though we're killing it at work, earning more than ever, running our households, and making big-ticket decisions, too many women still worry they'll be judged by what they earn and how they spend it.
That's part of being an entrepreneur - you watch your pennies.
If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
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