The gender pay gap is pretty striking in most parts of the world. In the US, women make 80 cents for every dollar a man makes. In Canada, it’s 73 cents. But back in the early 1980s, some foresaw the complete disappearance of that gap, specifically by the year 2017.
Source: Gizmodo – Canadian Article From 1981 Predicted the Gender Pay Gap Would Disappear by 2017