1848 Seneca Falls Convention:
"The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world." "He has monopolized nearly all the profitable employments, and from those she is permitted to follow, she receives but a scanty remuneration."

Improvement in 170 years? Yes. Equal pay for equal work? Not yet.