The Gender Wage Gap Tipping Point

The gender wage hole has been in existence not less than since the U.S. Civil Struggle period, when an 1869 letter to The New York Instances uncovered unfair therapy of ladies working in authorities and argued that “equal work ought to command equal pay with out regard to the intercourse of the laborer.” Quick ahead 156 years and ladies nonetheless solely earn 83 cents for each greenback that males make, a quantity that has barely budged over the previous 20 years and is constant throughout OECD nations.