Two pieces of landmark federal legislation intended to lessen the gender pay gap have long been deemed by many scholars to have been ineffectual. Despite the passage of the 1963 Equal Pay Act, signed into law 60 years ago on June 10, and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act—mandating equal pay for equal work and prohibiting employment discrimination against women—median salaries were thought to have maintained a persistent gender pay gap through the 1980s.
Click here for original story, Anti-discrimination laws in 1960s to increase wages for women may have been more effective than previously thought
Source: Phys.org