The girls hoped this would spark conversations about wage discrimination.
They filed a federal complaint accusing U.S. Soccer of wage discrimination.
Pay is more attractive in the tech sector than in many fields, although women still face wage discrimination.
The campaign against employment and wage discrimination helped bridge the gap between the movement and white labour union women.
Gender-balanced parental leave and tougher rules on wage discrimination should be top of legislators' lists, meanwhile.
The state of California has banned employers from asking applicants about prior pay in an effort to curb wage discrimination.
He signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which made it easier for employers to be sued over wage discrimination.
Foudy said that the same logic that applied 20 years ago can be used in the wage discrimination debate facing the women's national team today.
He also likes to point out that the first law he signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Act, which makes it easier for women to sue for wage discrimination.
During his first week in office, he signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which protects women, minorities, and the disabled against unfair wage discrimination.
To women, he loudly advertised the first bill he signed into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Act, which makes it easier for them to sue for wage discrimination.
