The AAUW Action Network had an impressive year in public policy. Check out the AAUW website for all the details. Here are some of the highlights.

• Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, signed into law by President Obama on January 29, 2009.
• Enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
• Successfully supported Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation to the S.S. Supreme Court.