The financial independence of women -- or lack there of.
We had to fight for the right to vote, which we got finally, in August of 1920.
We had to fight to become jurors because men thought we were too fragile and sympathetic by nature to be objective. So it wasn't until 1973 that women finally were able to serve on juries in all 50 states.
We actually had to fight for the right to get a darn credit card. And it wasn't until the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 that it became illegal to refuse to give a woman a credit card based on her gender.
Even Louise Gunderson, one of UBS' powerhouse financial advisors, told us that she had to enter social clubs from the side door because women weren't allowed to walk in the main entrance 20 years ago. She proudly walks through the front door everywhere today.
And currently we are fighting for the right to wage and gender equality. We have done so much fighting to get what we rightfully deserve.
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