![International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 11 union electrician Hannah Cooper, 28, works on a project site in Los Angeles, California, United States, June 21, 2016. Only 2.4 percent of U.S. electricians were women in 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. "Growing up in my society I was constantly aware or told, whether it was straight out or implied, what women canÕt do, and what a womanÕs place is, and how a woman should behave, and what a woman is capable of, whether itÕs intellectually or physically," Cooper said. "I feel like [a woman president] would chip away at that in the psyche of the next generation." Picture taken June 21, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson SEARCH "WOMEN WORKERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES - RTSJBNE](https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/newshour/app/uploads/2017/04/RTSJBNE-1024x683.jpg)
Equal pay for equal play. What the sport of tennis got right
And what still needs work.
Ask the Headhunter: Women don’t cause the pay gap. Employers do
There is only one thing a woman should have to do to get paid as much as a man: her job.
Obama designates national monument to honor women’s equality
WASHINGTON — Tuesday marks Equal Pay Day, a symbolic event dramatizing how much longer it takes a woman to earn as much as a man — and an annual opportunity for Democrats to lambast Republicans for inaction on the issue.
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