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Sara Olson
HIS 200: Applied History
Southern New Hampshire University
May 5, 2023
Topic and Research Question
Topic:
I have chosen to research the Equal Pay Act of 1963. While this was an after
effect of Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. I intend to dive deeper into the Equal Pay Act and
main arguments as well as cause and effect within the work force and society from this law
passing. This law only prohibits discrimination between sexes, discrimination by race, religion,
or anything other than sex are out lawed by this act. There can be no difference between the
sexes performing the job, including but not limited to; skill, effort, and responsibilities. The
employers are allowed four defenses in pay gaps for the same sexes being merit, productivity,
seniority, and any factor other than sex.
Research Questions:
What were the arguments for and against the Equal Pay Act and
who made said arguments?
Preliminary Writing Plan
For my historical event analysis, I have chosen to focus on the Equal Pay Act of 1963,
along with not only the opposition and proposition arguments but also the social and economic
impacts the passing of this act had on society. According to David E. Paas in the article “Equal
Pay Act of 1963” in the 1960’s women represented about 40 percent of the United States labor
force and the median average wage for women of that time was roughly three fifths of a man’s
role for the same performance in the same position. However in the same article it is stated that
in 2011 the average woman still earned only 77 cents to every dollar earned by men.
My research will need to focus on the time frame of when the Equal Pay Act was passed.
My primary and secondary sources this far have been:
Cross, S. (2015).
Equal Pay Act, Fifty
Years on
. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. and
Federal Laws and Litigation on Pay Equity: Only
two federal laws prohibit sex-based pay discrimination. (2022).
Congressional Digest
, 101(4), 6–
7. As well as
Remarks Upon Signing the Equal Pay Act | The American Presidency Project
.
(n.d.).
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-upon-signing-the-equal-pay-act
and
the following photograph of JFK signing the Equal Pay Act into motion with Women’s Bureau of
the Department of Labor.
Sources
One primary source is
Remarks Upon Signing the Equal Pay Act | The American
Presidency Project
. (n.d.).
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-upon-signing-
the-equal-pay-act
, which is the speech given by John F Kennedy gave when signing the act into
motion.
Another Primary source is the photograph above showing that the Woman’s Bureau of the
Department of Labor present at the signing of the Equal Pay Act. (Standing behind President
John F. Kennedy (Seated-R) signing the Equal Pay Act on 10 June 1963 from (R-L) are:
Congresswoman Edna Kelly, Congresswoman Edith Green, an unidentified woman, Mary
Anderson, Women's Bureau Director, and Dr. Dorothy Height, President National Council of
Negro Women. Other organizations represented at this event included the National Council of
Catholic Women, the National Council of Jewish Women, the United Auto Workers, and the
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs.)
Bill signing – S. 1409 Equal Pay Act, 11:45AM | JFK Library
. (1963, June 10).
https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKWHP/1963/Month%2006/Day
%2010/JFKWHP-1963-06-10-B?image_identifier=JFKWHP-AR7965-E
One of my secondary sources is Cross, S. (2015).
Equal Pay Act, Fifty Years on
. Nova
Science Publishers, Inc. which analyzes the effects once the act was set in motion.
My second secondary source is Federal Laws and Litigation on Pay Equity: Only two
federal laws prohibit sex-based pay discrimination. (2022).
Congressional Digest
, 101(4), 6–7.
As well as
Remarks Upon Signing the Equal Pay Act | The American Presidency Project
. (n.d.).
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https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-upon-signing-the-equal-pay-act
.
This
sources focuses on the laws governing sex-based pay discrimination.
Thesis Statement
Based on my research to date, I will be attempting to support the following thesis:
Even with the
support of the Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor fighting for the passing of the Equal
Pay Act, there was still arguments against it. I will be attempting to show both sides of these
arguments.
This attempt could change, based on future research.