The purpose of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 was to ensure that female workers with the same jobs as men received similar wages. Option B is correct.
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 refers to a United States labor law amending the Fair Labor Standards Act, which sought to abolish gender-based wage disparity. It was signed into law on June 10, 1963, by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.
The National War Labor Board first upheld equal pay for equal work in 1942, and an equal pay act was proposed in 1945.