Satisfaction: A Hamgelica Mystery

Who are you?

The Schuyler sisters are known to be the envy of all at King's College. With their beauty, charismatic personality, wit, and intelligence they can have any man or woman down on their knees. Though they never see it that way. For them, they are just three sisters trying to accomplish their goals and finish the last stepping stone before truly diving into the real world.

Angelica Schuyler was the oldest and the wittiest and all her father wanted for her was to make a legacy for the family name and social climb in the top of the ladder. Though she respected her father, sometimes she wanted more for herself then just a girl with a duty to her family name. Angelica is a woman who proudly gets things done. A woman who still believes the modern world isn't perfect and perhaps it never will be, but it doesn't mean she'll stop pursuing her beliefs. She is a woman who is never satisfied and would rather be looked upon as an equal instead of just a woman. She was bold, headstrong, and fierce and it was hard to have her look in your direction for even a second without her sass and snarky attitude coming into view. She has never found someone who matched wits at her level.

It was the second quarter of the year and for an assignment of the course was a speech regarding a topic of movement in American history and how it still affects the world today. Of course Angelica would advocate women's rights since that was her passion but since the professor wanted something deeper than that she chose more specifically the pay equity topic of focus. She was always a mind at work.

She faced a crowd of seats surrounding her and with boldness and a sharp tongue she lectured her beliefs with facts to back up her reasonings. It was a dim room so the projector she had in display was clear to her fellow peers.

"Pay equity for women may be overlooked, but is certainly not something we've outgrown." She had been talking for more than five minutes and still held her game strong. "Pay inequality for women can be traced back from the starting events of World War I when women upheld the professions of men in the year 1914 through 1918.
Since then, during the 1950s, women's to men's median pay in the workforce hovered at 60%, but began to rise in the late 1970s."

The oldest sister pushed on the clicker to switch to the next slide that revealed a chart that she impressively made for this specific presentation. It was neat and collective.

"In the 1990s it reached 70% and continue to rise by surpassing 75% lower wage for women in 1997." She continued.

"These are percentages trailing back to the 90's but instead of it evolving for the better, today's women are now 80% below a fair wage compared to men.
This is an ongoing issue in today's modern society and it has not evolved for a better outcome. Now what can we do about it?"

She grinned facing the crowd in her summer radiant pink skirt and white blouse along with a matching pink trench coat that wrapped around her curves delicately. Her rich dark brown curly hair was graciously pulled back into a half ponytail. Her chestnut skin was beautiful while it painted her face perfectly in her shade. Her orbs were powerful as when she made eye contact she saw beyond the world around her. While you were seeing stars, she saw galaxies. She envisioned legacies, pathways to success, and a revolution that was beyond her time.

"In order to achieve equal pay for both men and women we must increase the minimum wages women receive in low paying jobs before others receive bonuses for the exact same professions."

Her words flowed as gracefully as a stream but powerful enough to see the rocks that were bound to cause damage up ahead. Her tongue was a weapon and she already loaded the gun.

"The equal pay laws must be fortified so that the fight for pay equity can be a subject that will be critically taken under consideration. It would give women a chance to fight back from the pay discrimination. In addition, we must provide equitable privileges that both men and women should be able to receive in the jobs such as the benefit of reasonable work schedules, and paid family leave and sick days."