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The background section of the Wikipedia article, “Equal Pay Act of 1963”is short in comparison to similar articles on the subject. The background section gives the brief statement that, “In 1944, Republican congresswoman Winifred C. Stanley from Buffalo, N.Y. introduced H.R. 5056, Prohibiting Discrimination in Pay on Account of Sex, which did not pass at the time”. This is sourced from a National Archives Copy of the original referenced bill. While this is a credible source, additional sources would have added more context to the creation and need for the “Equal Pay Act of 1963”. For example, on the National Parks Service website the need for the Equal Pay Act is described as arising from the sudden deployment of American men into the military during World War II. Women filled these empty positions, and their unions advocated for raising their wages to match what men had earned in those roles. The Union’s intent was to prevent future low wages for the men when they returned. These factors add greater context to why Republican Congresswoman Winifred C. Stanley introduced the bill initially. The Wikipedia article lacks context.

According to a warning message at the top of the Wikipedia page, this article may have “Link Rot” because many of the relevant links on the page are not full citations. This issue makes comparisons to the original source material harder. This is one obvious difference between this Wikipedia article and a resource like the article, “Equal Pay Act of 1963” from the National Parks Service website. For example, the Wikipedia article on the Equal Pay Act of 1963 credits Thomas Sowell for critiquing the Act for women’s difficulties in workplace discrimination and joblessness. In an effort to further research Thomas Sowell’s statement, I was unable to find the edition reportedly published in 2004 of “Basic Economics” that the Wikipedia article cites. The book was published in 2000, and there have been several editions since then. The eBook available through Oregon State University’s library database is from 2014. The fact that the Wikipedia article’s source is so difficult to find makes it difficult to verify as a reliable resource. Ideally, this citation would be updated to reflect a more accessible version of Thomas Sowell’s book, Basic Economics.

Notes

1. “Equal Pay Act of 1963.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Sept. 2021, https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Equal_Pay_Act_of_1963.
2. “Equal Pay Act of 1963.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Sept. 2021, https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Equal_Pay_Act_of_1963.
3. National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/4397822.
4. “Equal Pay Act of 1963 (U.S. National Park Service).” National Parks Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, https://www.nps.gov/articles/equal-pay-act.htm.
5. Sowell, Thomas. Basic Economics : A Common Sense Guide to the Economy, Basic Books, 2014. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/osu/detail.action?docID=1866947.