The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Pay_Act_of_1963" id="mwATA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Equal Pay Act of 1963">Equal Pay Act of 1963</a>, aimed at abolishing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_pay_gap" id="mwATE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gender pay gap">wage disparity based on sex</a>, was signed into law by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" id="mwATI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> as part of his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Frontier" id="mwATM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Frontier">New Frontier</a> Program.