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Why Women Should Vote (Overview)
Why Women Should Vote - To Ensure Everyone a Good Education
Getting a good education is the key to economic success, and it’s especially important for women trying to move into well-paying fields traditionally dominated by men. But our leaders aren’t making education enough of a priority.
Funding for schools and student loans is being cut
While millionaires have been getting tax cuts, Congress has been slashing funds for education programs
This year, Congress passed a law that will cut federal student loan programs by $12.7 billion over 5 years — the largest cut in the history of these programs
Pell Grants, which help low-income students pay for college, covered 72% of college costs in 1976. Now, because Congress and the Administration have refused to keep up the funding with the rising cost of college, Pell Grants cover only 35% of college costs
No Child Left Behind programs are woefully underfunded, forcing school districts to make up the gap by cutting other programs in local schools
The President’s budget proposes additional education cuts of 29% for next year
A college education is especially important to close the wage gap between men and women.
Women with a high school diploma earn only 75% of what men with a high school diploma earn. But women who have recently graduated from college have been able to cut that differential by a third, making 83% of what recent male college graduates earn.
Programs that help women succeed are being attacked.
The U.S. Departments of Justice and Education have worked to gut programs that help women who choose to pursue higher education in math and science, even though women still earn far fewer degrees than men in engineering and computer science.
The U.S. Department of Education has adopted policies that could roll back decades of gains for women in intercollegiate athletics under Title IX.
If you think our leaders in Washington aren’t doing what they should to address the challenges you face in your life—REGISTER and VOTE! Remember, elections can be decided by just a handful of votes, so YOUR VOTE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
To register to vote, get information on voting (your polling place, how to vote absentee, etc.), or learn about the candidates in your area, go to http://capwiz.com/nwlc/e4/ and enter your state or zip code.
The National Women’s Law Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that has been working to advance and protect women’s legal rights since 1972. Women’s Voices. Women Vote is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that seeks to mobilize women to register to vote and to go to the polls on Election Day. Neither organization takes positions on candidates or elections, and nothing herein should be construed as an endorsement of any candidate or party.
