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The way to recognize Equal Pay Day — finally pay women their fair share
President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which was the first federal legislation to prohibit sex discrimination in the payment of wages. At that time, women only earned 60 cents for every $1 earned by a man. Sixty-one years later, it’s unbelievable that women are still coming up short
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