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Subject:Re: Gender and tech writing From:Suzette Seveny <sseveny -at- PETVALU -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 25 Jun 1998 11:42:21 -0400
Everyone in Canada makes under $.70 for every US dollar.
Now THAT's depressing. :(
(Just some Canadian humour)
Suzette Seveny
Technical Writer
Pet Valu Canada Inc.
Markham, Ontario, Canada
sseveny -at- petvalu -dot- com or suzette -at- yesic -dot- com
Laurel Gilbert wrote:
> I just read a pretty depressing statistic.
>
> In the state of Utah (where I live) women are *still* only making $0.62
> for every dollar made by men. Nationally (the U.S.), those numbers are
> a *bit* better; women are now making $0.72 for every male dollar.
>
