"The Gender Pay Gap" by: Center for American Progress:

“The Gender Pay Gap” by: Center for American Progress:

July 30, 2008, 1:00am

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act (EPA) into law, making it illegal for employers to pay unequal wages to men and women who perform equal work. At the time, women earned 59 cents to every dollar earned by men. Today, a pay gap persists, as women earn 77 cents to every dollar that men earn.