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Foreword
<br />If you take one simple truth from this guide, I hope it's this: The pay gap
<br />is real. This guide provides the latest evidence about the pay gap as well as
<br />ideas for what we can do about it.
<br />The American Association of University Women (AAUW) has been a leader
<br />on this issue for more than a century, since our first publication on the topic
<br />in 1894. The good news is that the gap has narrowed considerably in the last
<br />hundred years. The bad news is that the gap is still sizable, it's even worse
<br />for women of color, and it doesn't seem likely to go away on its own.
<br />That's why AAUW works on multiple fronts to shrink the gender pay gap.
<br />Over the last century, our organization has awarded millions of dollars
<br />m fellowships to women pursuing graduate education. We have provided
<br />research and programs to advance women in nontraditional fields such as
<br />computing and engineering. AAUW members and staff have stood in the
<br />room when federal equal pay legislation was signed, from the Equal Pay
<br />Act in 1963 to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009. We have advocated
<br />for the comprehensive Paycheck Fairness Act, a long -overdue bill that has
<br />come close to passage twice in the last seven years. And we've been proud
<br />to support and witness real progress happening at the state level, where law-
<br />makers are offering creative new approaches to closing the gender pay gap.
<br />Pay equity will continue to be an AAUW priority until women everywhere
<br />earn a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. This guide is designed to empower
<br />our members and other advocates with the facts and resources they need
<br />to tell the simple truth about the pay gap. It's real, it's persistent, and it's
<br />undermining the economic security of American women and their families.
<br />We hope you will join us in the fight for fair pay in the workplace.
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<br />Patricia Fae Ho
<br />AAUW Board Chair
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