Getting Even exposes the discrepancy between what women and men make - and how it affects us all. It reveals that the wage gap is not going away on its own. And it explains how to close the wage gap - and, finally, get women even.

According to Murphy, if you're a woman, over your working lifetime you will lose between $700,000 and $2 million - simply because of your sex. Is that fair? No. Can it be stopped? Murphy says absolutely.

Evelyn Murphy, PhD, humanizes the numbers through real-life stories and a wealth of data that has never before been examined. She shows how the wage gap pinches the daily lives of families throughout the country, at every economic level and in every industry. And she explains why, even though women have more opportunities than their mothers did, the wage gap persists: The American workplace still harbors an astonishing amount of discrimination, including blatant as well as complex hidden barriers, unspoken assumptions, unexamined attitudes, and habitual ways of behaving. But Murphy also brings good news: The wage gap can be closed. Having served as an economist, politician, public official and corporate officer, she has a 360-degree view of the problem - and of the solution.

Sponsored by the Law, Culture and Difference Social Justice Program.