EMILYs List Statement on Native American Women’s Equal Pay Day

For Immediate Release
October 1, 2020

EMILYs List Statement on Native American Women's Equal Pay Day

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today marks how far into the year Native American women must work to earn what white, non-Hispanic men earned in the previous year for the same work.. In 2019, Native American women earned only $0.57 cents for every dollar a white, non-Hispanic man made. On Native American Women’s Equal Pay Day, Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:

“Pay inequity is a systemic issue that reflects the erasure Native American women face every day and which continues to disproportionately affect women of color nationwide. In 2019, it took 22 months for Native American women to earn what white men are paid in 12 months. With more women with diverse perspectives at the table, we can work to create progress on policies that address these inequities.
 
In 2018, Rep. Deb Haaland and Rep. Sharice Davids made history as the first Native American women elected to Congress. We have the opportunity to make history again and elect more Native American women and women of color up and down the ballot this November, including the first Native American woman to ever serve in the U.S. Senate. As champions for women and families in their own communities, these women will continue to lead the fight onward to achieve pay equity..”

EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $600 million to elect pro-choice Democratic women candidates. With a grassroots community of over five million members, EMILY's List helps Democratic women win competitive campaigns – across the country and up and down the ballot – by recruiting and training candidates, supporting strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, and turning out women voters to the polls. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect 150 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 16 governors, and nearly 1,100 women to state and local office. Nearly 40 percent of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. During the historic 2017-2018 cycle, EMILYs List raised a record-breaking $110 million and launched a record independent expenditure campaign. We helped elect 34 new women to the House, including 24 red-to-blue victories; enough seats to have delivered the U.S. House majority alone. Since the 2016 election, more than 55,000 women have reached out to EMILY's List about running for office laying the groundwork for the next decade of candidates for local, state, and national offices.