Taken from www.scwren.org
"A woman's best protection is a little money of her own."
Clare Boothe Luce
In South Carolina....
- On average, women in South Carolina are paid 80 cents to every dollar paid to men, a gap that becomes more pronounced as you break the data down by race.
- African American women make 58 cents to every dollar made by white men. Latina women make 52 cents to every dollar made by white men.
- 22 percent of all families with children under 18 are living below the poverty line.
- 36.2 percent of families with female head of household are living below the poverty level.
Taken from www.scwren.org