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Adults spend an average of seven hours online per day, and teenagers can spend up to nine hours. Even subtracting schoolwork, homework, and communicating with their caregivers, teenagers spend a considerable part of their day in front of a screen, often unsupervised. Every. Single. Day.
Equal Pay Day represents the day in the current year that women must work to earn the same amount that their white male counterpart earned the year before. Over a lifetime, a woman stands to lose over $1 million dollars in pay. The numbers are even more grim for women of color.
Currently, of the 266 sculptures in the U.S. Capitol that commemorate notable historical figures, just 14 represent women. Bipartisan legislation approved by the House seeks to add statues of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg—the first and second women on the Supreme Court.
On Tuesday, March 22, Justice Patricia Guerrero made history when she became the first Latina and the first Lawyers Club member confirmed to the California Supreme Court.
This month the Florida Legislature passed House Bill 1557, widely known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which seeks to prevent teachers from giving their students information about sexual orientation or gender identity.
On March 1, 2022, the first day of Women’s History Month, for the first time in our history, two women sat behind the President of the United States during the State of the Union Address.
This week, members of the U.S. women’s national team settled with the U.S. Soccer Federation for $24 million – $22 million of which will be paid to the players. Although this is a victory for women athletes and equal pay advocates in a hard-fought battle, the amount falls far short of a payment commensurate with what the players would have earned under their male colleagues’ pay structure.
I have had the pleasure of appearing before Judge Randa Trapp (Ret.) on a few occasions when she was on the bench. Not only is she a brilliant jurist, but she has made history by being the “first” many times throughout her extraordinary career.
Our history is littered with pioneers for justice who fought against all odds to break barriers, which we all benefit from today. I encourage everyone to learn about these stories and also to celebrate phenomenal women in our community.
