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Though the Womens rights movement has made many, many contributions to the way that women are regarded in today's society, it seems that there are still steps that we can all take to make a deeper impact. Women are held in a higher regard than they were as little as fifty years ago, but we still have uphill struggles and full fledged battles to prepare for. We tend to over look the biggest obstacle, that of being informed about our ancestors that fought to rewrite our history.

Women need to know about suffrage, and slavery, and they way that other women in lands that we have never visited are treated by their fellow man. We need to know that if Susan B. Anthony hadn't been a strong, independent woman that crusaded a movement to get the powers that be to realize that women should be allowed to vote. She was even arrested for her cause. Nellie Bly was a journalist who single-handedly changed the way that the mentally insane are treated in our Country. Amelia Earhart broke many records as the First woman Aviator who crossed the Atlantic in a record breaking time-twice!

What women need to know is that we work hard, sometimes more-so than our male counterparts, yet we make an average of 77% wages to every male's 100%. I am not saying that women should be paid more, or even the same for doing less of a job, but we should definitely be paid the same as a man would in our own job especially if we work harder. And as a woman, we almost always work harder. We have to. With the way that women are perceived in Society, we have to prove ourselves in order to get doors open for us, whereas (in most cases) men are already deemed able.

We need to know and agree that sexual harassment of any form is unacceptable! If you feel as if you are a victim, you need to speak out and not tolerate it from anyone. It is never right for you to accept any uncomfortable behavior, whether you receive any compensation from it or not. There is no reason that you should attend work daily and be harassed or made uncomfortable by any of your peers.

Being current on any of the women's issues and helping to take action is very important. The National Organization of Women (NOW) is a great website to visit on a weekly basis. They will send you newsletters via email about upcoming issues that you can voice your opinion on. They offer an outlet for you to send an electronic letter to your local legislator to let them know that you, as a voter and a taxpayer, support these issues. It is your right,

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