Status QuoDuring the period 1963-1974, there was wage inequality between women and men. The reasons for pay inequality for women were due to a number of reasons, such as separate job offers and insufficient access to professional jobs. In the early 1960s, newspapers published separate job listings for men and women. Jobs were also categorized by gender, with higher-level jobs listed exclusively under "Help Wanted-Male." For example, in New York Times (NYT) Classifieds 69 and 78 published on September 27, 1964, jobs like scientific programmers are listed exclusively under "Help Wanted-Male", while jobs like typists are listed exclusively under “Help wanted-woman” (P1-2). Additionally, women were paid considerably less than men. According to the Library of Economics and Liberty, in the early 1960s, women in full-time jobs were paid between 59 and 62 percent of what men were paid (Goldin 4). This shows that women received between 59 and 62 cents for every dollar paid to men. Lack of access to professional jobs and the labor market has also contributed to worsening wage inequalities. According to the New York Times article titled “The Second Wave Feminist,” “…seven percent of the nation’s doctors are women, 3 percent of its lawyers, 1 percent of its engineers…(Lear 2).” The article will further say: “As for the job market: 28 million women live there and three quarters of them are at their lowest. Ninety percent earn less than $5,000 a year… (Lear 2)” Women therefore had very little access to professions such as law, medicine, and engineering. And 90% of all working women were paid less than $5,000 a year. During the early years from 1963 to 1974, women had a pay disparity with their working counterparts due to: separate job rosters, limited access to professional jobs, and a......paper commission.. ....ents on the status of women, Betty Friedan, the NOW and the NYRW sought to change the status quo of wage inequality in the United States. These groups would achieve change through protests, legislation and court cases. From the Equal Pay Act to the ban on separate job advertisements, these groups helped advance the status quo of the early 1963-1974 period. Although these groups accomplished many things, they failed in some areas. The NOW would fail to pass the ERA and the Equal Pay Act would fail to ensure full pay equality for women. But thanks to these groups, women have gained: better access to employment, equal pay legislation, and a more active government role in women's rights. All these efforts have enabled women to have a salary comparable to that of men. However, women did not receive the same pay as men, leading to persistent pay inequality during the period.. 1963-1974.