This month, people across the country were struck by the new eye-popping data from the U.S. Census Bureau about the female wage gap, as the pay gap has stagnated at 80 cents on the dollar, shortchanging women by more than $500 billion each year. And, 57 percent of men try to negotiate their salary, but only 7 percent of women do. In response, a plan was announced to train 10 million women by 2022 to better negotiate their wages and benefits.
The woman behind that plan is Kim Churches, who took over as the CEO of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) in 2017. AAUW is a non-profit dedicated to empowering women and girls and was founded in 1881 in an era when it was widely thought that too much education would impair a woman’s fertility!
