Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher was a real estate broker, lawyer, and activist who made significant contributions to both the legal and real estate fields. Born in Chickasha, Oklahoma in 1924, Fisher was the daughter of a prominent African American pharmacist and educator. She attended Langston University where she earned a degree in chemistry, and then applied to the University of Oklahoma law school in 1946. Fisher's application was denied because of her race, and she subsequently sued the university with the help of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Her case, Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in her favor in 1948. Fisher became the first African American woman to attend the University of Oklahoma law school. After graduating from law school, Fisher practiced law briefly before transitioning to real estate. She became a licensed real estate broker and worked for many years in the Oklahoma City area. She was one of the few African American women in the field at the time and faced significant discrimination, but persevered and became a successful broker. Throughout her career, Fisher remained active in civil rights and political activism. She was a member of the NAACP and served on the Oklahoma Commission on Human Rights.

It's a pretty common statistic that women make 83 cents to every $1 a man makes but the wage gap is more complicated than that. The gender pay gap is the result of many factors like gender roles, stereotypes, race and ethnicity, disability, access to education and age. As a result, different groups of women experience very different gaps in pay.