Gender Inequality In The United States

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In the 19th century, many prominent figures like Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, they cooperated in leading the fight for change and equality in the United States. However, gender inequality still as a problem exists in most of the countries like the United States. Great strides have been made by women in this 21st century, but the problem of gender inequality continues to exist in this modern society. Based on a 2012 report, women only earned 77 cents to every dollar a man earned for equivalent work. It was clearly proved that women continue to earn less than the men. On 2013 October, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released a report, which 81% of the full-time workers were male, only 19% female worked as a full-time

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