Because women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar men make. Those pennies add up to real money.

The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.

We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way to the Supreme Court. And, in a 5-4 decision, they stood on the side of those who shortchanged my pay, my overtime, and my retirement just because I am a woman.

Some of you may know my story: How for nineteen years, I worked as a manager for a tire plant in Alabama. And some of you may have lived a similar story: After nearly two decades of hard, proud work, I found out that I was making significantly less money than the men who were doing the same work as me.

Dollar bill: people spend their whole life seeking to earn it, but won't spend 10 minutes seeking to learn it.

I've tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.