NYT: Kerry Vows Fight for Equal Pay for Women and a $7 Wage

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Kerry Vows Fight for Equal Pay for Women and a $7 Wage
By DAVID M. HALBFINGER

Published: October 23, 2004


RENO, Nev., Oct. 22 - Hoping that women's economic anxieties trump their fears of terrorism, Senator John Kerry promised on Friday to fight for equal pay and a minimum-wage increase, more money for education and health coverage for all children.

"Today, for far too many women, the American dream seems a million miles away," Mr. Kerry said, attacking President Bush as out of touch with what really worries women in the workplace and at home.

Most polls show Mr. Kerry has regained a lead over Mr. Bush among women since their debates, but the senator still lags behind where Al Gore stood with women in 2000, and aides say the campaign is taking nothing for granted. They are seeking mobilize members of a core constituency that did not turn out in the numbers Democrats had hoped four years ago.

"Imagine," he said, "if the roughly 38 million women who didn't vote in 2000 came together and said, 'We need a president who's on our side.'"...


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/23/politics/campaign/23kerry.html