Hilary Morgan, Executive Director of the YWCA Alaska, gives a report on pay for women in Alaska during a Lunch and Learn meeting at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017. Women in Alaska’s major industries make only 67 percent of their male counterparts. The meeting was sponsored by Rep. Geran Tarr, D-Anchorage, background. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was signed into law by President Barack Obama on January 29, 2009.