stephanie o'connor is on a mission to help them vicious niman feel as confident with their money as they do in their careers a generation ago at me like state a woman. you know her 1st. woman to manage her own money and bill is still a relatively new concept. and. i'm glad that stuck to my retirement just as my grandmother used to say money does make you happy you can give your peace of mind. and you know it's grandmother sounds like a wise woman so why do so many women often have so much less financial support in old age than men it broke it down for you. why do women earn less. it's not a myth women's wages remain low while men's climb higher and higher this is a in germany she earns 21 percent less than a man and she has far less chance of obtaining a company car but where does the difference come from let's look back a couple of decades. in the wake of the 2nd world war in germany there was a shortage of men and women had to take on hard work their fight for just wages was particularly loud women demanded equal pay and they were successful. then came the bitch off of the economic mir