Getting Even: Why Women Don't Get Paid Like Men--And What to Do About It [Paperback]

A WORKING WOMAN EARNS 77 CENTS FOR EVERY MALE DOLLAR.

In the twenty-first century, the gender wage gap still affects the daily life of women throughout the country, at every economic level, from cashier to CEO. Is it fair? No. Can it be stopped? Absolutely.

In this intelligently argued and carefully researched book, Evelyn Murphy, Ph.D., examines how much women (and their families) lose over a lifetime to the wage gap, knocks down the myth that women choose to make less, and documents the widespread discrimination that's holding down women's pay.

But here's the good news: The wage gap can be closed. Having served as an economist, politician, public official, and corporate officer, Murphy has a 360-degree view of the problem -- and of the solution. Read this book -- and get even.Evelyn Murphywas the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1987 to 1991. She was the first woman in the state's history to hold statewide office. She has been an executive vice president of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Massachusetts and is a corporate director of SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Bank of America. She is the founder and president of the WAGE (Women Are Getting Even) Project Inc., which is dedicated to closing the wage gap in every American workplace.

E.J. Graff,a senior researcher at the Brandeis Institute for Investigative Journalism, is a senior correspondent forThe American Prospectand has written for such publications asThe New York Times Magazine, The Nation, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post,theLos Angeles Times,and Salon.com.Getting Even: Questions for Discussion

1. Before reading the book, did you think that the wage gap was closing? What do you think now? What do you think are the reasons for the wage gap?
2. What were some of the most surprising facts you learned about the American workplace while readingGetting Even?
3. How many women in your grouls