Gender Wage Inequality in America

 In the USA, the wage gap between men and women has been an ongoing issue. 50 years ago, President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay act that sought to end gender discrimination within the work place. However, wage gaps were still present. 

 President Obama signed an extension of Kennedy's act called the Paycheck Fairness Act and declared one of his primary objectives would be to close these wage gaps. But still, men are payed more than women. It is estimated that women earn 77 cents compared to a dollar earned by a man. An NPR article deeply explores this issue: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125998232