Political Inequality Mirrored Economic Inequality

  • Female wages were on average, 63% of men’s in 1956. But by 1973 this had fallen to 57%.
  • Day-care centres were not adequate for the number of working mothers, forcing them to find alternative care options, and there was no tax relief for children until 1977.
  • Despite the Equal Pay Act of 1963, women were paid on average, 32% less than men in 1992.