"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.