I get your point there. It is true. It is often the case of finding cheap labor especially in the past where education is expensive. Even in country with vast cheap labor now we can see it is being exploit. You did open my eye a bit.
In broad sense , inequality still exists. As i said it is not only in pay. People still think that way. Female friend of mine too. As the case of Andy murray I picked above showed that. Andy was criticized for selecting a female coach in industry where male is dominant.
Opportunity entering some proffession also always the case. Especially now. In the era of open knowledge and sharing. Women wants to work as an Engineer, men wants to work as a Tailor of women's attire. Feminism can goes both way.
Having said that. Here is the citation you need.
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https://www.geriwalton.com/french-victorian-feminist-hubertine-auclert/
This is by far the longest comment I ever wrote. Nice to see you @lexiconical ! Steemit is by far better than troller from facebook where ideas is more to share than to troll without substance. Lol