“Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.”
At a New York convention of the National Labor Congress on this date in 1868, Anthony called for the formation of a Working Women's Association. As a delegate to the Congress, she persuaded the committee on female labor to call for votes for women and equal pay for equal work. But male delegates deleted the reference to the vote.
At a New York convention of the National Labor Congress on this date in 1868, Anthony called for the formation of a Working Women's Association. As a delegate to the Congress, she persuaded the committee on female labor to call for votes for women and equal pay for equal work. But male delegates deleted the reference to the vote.