Our Tribute To Stylish Working Women Everywhere
Last week Republican senators shot down thePaycheck Fairness Act(thanks guys!), a move which would have required employers to prove that any disparities in pay amongst equal-level employees were not based on gender. According to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, there's still a possibility that the bill will see a new day, but for now we'll have to wait.
But all's not lost ladies: We're taking the opportunity to showcase some pretty awesomeworking womenfrom TV and film, whose on-screen personas have been fighting the good fight for decades now. And as Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski so eloquently put it following the vote: "Put on your lipstick! Square your shoulders! Suit up and let's fight for a new American revolution where women are paid for equal work! Let's end wage discrimination in this century once and for all."
Yeah, what she said. From Kirstie Alley's bar-managing Rebecca Howe to Dolly Parton's determined heroine in "9 to 5," here's our nod to hard-working women everywhere.We'll get ours soon enough!
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"Mary Tyler Moore," 1970
Faye Dunaway in "Network," 1976
Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton in "9 to 5," 1980
Dolly Parton in "9 to 5," 1980
Loni Anderson in "WKRP In Cincinnati," 1980
Diane Keaton in "Baby Boom," 1986
"Designing Women," 1987
Kirstie Alley in "Cheers," 1987
Kirstie Alley in "Cheers," 1987"
Phylicia Rashad in "The Cosby Show," 1988
Melanie Griffith in "Working Girl," 1988
Candice Bergen in "Murphy Brown," 1988
"Roseanne," 1989
Candice Bergen in "Murphy Brown," 1991
Peri Gilpin in "Frazier," 1993
Julia Roberts in "Erin Brockovich," 2000
Calista Flockhart in "Ally McBeal," 1998
Julia Roberts in "The Pelican Brief," 2000
Amy Poehler in "Parks and Recreation," 2009
Chandra Wilson in "Grey's Anatomy," 2012
Tina Fey in "30 Rock," 2012
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
