Women still fighting for equality, as D203 situation demonstrates

Aug. 26,1920, is the day the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing white women the right to vote was certified. Only decades later did Black, brown, Asian and Native American women win suffrage.

Despite the vote, women still battle to control their own bodies, wages and working conditions. Their leadership in the public sector and labor unions is second to none, if only officials would listen to them.

So, when I read that Naperville District 203 teachers were once again begging for a raise, I was disgusted but not surprised. The vast majority of teachers, as well as nurses and librarians and their support staffs, are women. Most of them and their male coworkers are underpaid and undervalued even though Nape

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