A survey of educated white-collar workers found that 19 percent of men reported having sponsors as compared to 13 percent of women. See Sylvia Ann Hewlett et al., The Sponsor Effect: Breaking Through the Last Glass Ceiling, a Harvard Business Review Research Report (December 2010), 8–11.
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This is true of graduate degrees, too. In 2010-2011, women earned 58.5% of all graduate degrees (including all master’s and doctor’s degrees, MD, DDS, and Law Degrees, etc.)
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn is a wonderful, readable book that delves into many of these issues. I highly recommend it.
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was the first bill signed into law by President Barack Obama on January 29, 2009. The Act states that the 180-day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit resets with each new paycheck affected by that discriminatory action.
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