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Barack Obama: Nearly half of all working Americans are women, yet they earn only about 80 cents for every dollar men earn.

On the recordApril 19, 2010
Nearly half of all working Americans are women, yet they earn only about 80 cents for every dollar men earn.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 8502—National Equal Pay Day

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