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The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, was signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.
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Equal Pay Act of 1963
United States labor law of the New Frontier program
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a United States labor law amending the Fair Labor Standards Act, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex. It was signed into law on June 10, 1963, by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program. In passing the bill, Congress stated…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gender pay gap
Average difference in remuneration amounts between men and women
The gender pay gap or gender wage gap is the average difference between the remuneration for men and women who are employed. Women are generally found to be paid less than men. There are two distinct measurements of the pay gap: non-adjusted versus adjusted pay gap. The latter…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
John F. Kennedy
President of the United States from 1961 to 1963
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the first Roman Catholic and youngest person elected president at 43 years. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
New Frontier
Political slogan and the set of policy programs promoted by John F. Kennedy
The term New Frontier was used by Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech, delivered July 15, in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic National Convention at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the Democratic slogan to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)