Affirmative action has helped open doors. Younger women who have benefited are earning more per dollar as compared to men than their mother s generation. Women are increasingly becoming doctors, lawyers, and engineers since the educational and employment opportunities have been opened. But it is too early to close off opportunities and the danger is too great that we will slide backwards. Women of color still earn less than white women.
Women are still dramatically absent in top positions due to the glass ceiling.
We need to maintain the American dream of equal opportunity for all.