Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained. A number of moderate members managed . . . to obtain a majority in a thin house.
Today, on average, a woman earns 79 cents for every dollar a man earns, and womenâs median annual earnings are $10,800 less than menâs, according to a report released by the Senate Joint Economic Committee Democratic Staff last April.
These disparities leave a growing portion of our population more vulnerable to poverty and its implications. 1  The most current available data show that African American women only made 64 cents to the dollar compared to white, non-Hispanic men in 2010. White women made 78.1 cents to the same dollar.