Wac Stats: The Facts About Women

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The average salary of a black female college graduate in a full time position is less than that of a white male high school dropout. Battering is the greatest single cause of injury to women in the US, more than by car accidents, rapes and muggings combined. It is estimated that 3 million women will die of AIDS during this decade. These are some of the facts that motivated the formation of the Women's Action Coalition, an open democratic alliance of women committed to direct action. Divided into categories from abortion and AIDS to violence and work, this book reveals startling imbalances of health, wealth and power between men and women, and provides the ammunition needed to help fight for equality. Originally self-published by WAC and distributed by its members, it serves as a handbook of statistics about the realities of women's lives today.

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The Women's Action Coalition (WAC) was a feminist direct-action organization founded by a group of friends in New York City on January 28, 1992, in response to the outrage they felt about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' confirmation hearings. Chapters were subsequently formed in other U.S. cities, including Boston, San Francisco, Houston, and Los Angeles, as well as internationally in Canada and Europe. WAC employed a direct action approach similar to that of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) and the Women's Health Action Coalition (WHAM), which encouraged activities such as demonstrations, sit-ins, civil disobedience, educational forums, and letter writing campaigns.