This assignment is part of Montgomery College’s open pedagogy and a renewable practice that promotes the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), especially Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. For more details about these goals, check out
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs. In this assignment, you will learn about the U.S. Equal Pay Act of 1964, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, and the gender wage inequality in the U.S. labor market.

This assignment is part of Montgomery College’s open pedagogy and a renewable practice that promotes the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The
assignment is also designed to introduce students to the Smithsonian Digital Learning Lab, which is an open access initiative by the Smithsonian Institution. You are encouraged to check out the Lab for more free data and information beyond the scope of this assignment.