It's been an on going fight for decades... equal pay for equal work. Each year, one Tuesday in April is designated as Equal Pay Day by the National Committee on Pay Equity. Today is that day for 2007 and marks the day it takes a woman to reach the amount of money a man makes by the end of December. The idea is that women make so much less than men, on average, they have to work longer (4 months longer!) to reach the same amount of pay. The committee also says it takes a woman until Tuesday to reach the same amount of money a man made the previous Friday.. hence Equal Pay Day falling on a Tuesday each year. According to the 2005 U.S. Census, the average woman earned 77% of the average man's salary. It wasn't until 1964 that a Civil Rights Bill passed, banning employment discrimination against women. There has been a lot of work since then to make sure there is equal pay, but there is still a ways to go. If you would like to learn more about the history of equal pay initiatives, just visit Pay Equity's website