Building Women’s Wealth Is Key to Economic Security
“Most of us have seen the data on the pay gap: Women earn 80 cents on the dollar compared to men, and for black and Latina women, it’s 63 cents and 54 cents respectively. But few people realize that the women’s wealth gap is far greater than the income gap. And for women of color, it’s not a gap, but a chasm. At the median, single women own just 32 cents for every dollar owned by white men, and black and Latina women own less than a penny.”