Cities That Pay Women Waaayy LESS than Men! (Guess What Local City Is On BLAST!)

March is Women’s History Month, and March 8th is International Women’s Day. First observed in the U.S. on February 28, 1909, the day has come to symbolize women’s struggles for equal rights. While it’s been nearly a century since women across the country won the right to vote and the right to work alongside men, equal pay continues to remain a distant goal.

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Since the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the salaries women earn compared to those of men has improved, albeit slowly. In 1963, women who worked full-time, year-round earned 58.9 percent of what men did in similar jobs with similar hours. Today, women make 77.4 percent of a man’s salary, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.