Pioneers In Women's InterestsUtah was the second state in the nation to give women the right to vote.
The Mormon Church's Relief Society is the oldest and largest women's organization in the world. No doubt these two inspiring historical events were influenced by some of the Democratic principles the early Mormons once embraced. Today, why would you support a political party that voted unanimously to keep pay discrimination in place? |
From: whitehouse.gov: On January 29, 2009, President Obama signed his very first piece of legislation: the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The law, named after a woman who discovered her employer was paying her less than men doing the same job, makes it easier for Mrs. Ledbetter and others like her to effectively challenge unequal pay. Lilly Ledbetter took her pay discrimination complaint all the way to the Supreme Court, which ruled in 2007 that claims like hers had to be filed within 180 days of an employer’s decision to pay a worker less—even if the worker didn’t learn about the unfair pay until much later, as was the case for Mrs. Ledbetter. To make sure that people can effectively challenge unequal pay, the law President Obama signed shortly after taking office amended the Civil Rights Act of 1964 so that unfair pay complaints can be filed within 180 days of a discriminatory paycheck—and that 180 days resets after each paycheck is issued. |