Matter of Moses v. Board of Education

On July 19, 1920, under the authority of the Education Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 16), the board of education of Syracuse adopted a schedule of teachers' salaries, with an annual increment. Frankly, because of their sex, more was to be paid to men than to women of similar length of service and doing the like work. As a result by 1925 some forty-four male teachers were receiving $2,650 annually; eight, various sums from $2,250 to $2,600 and one woman $2,250. To these salaries such teachers were entitled. They might not be reduced. Nor might the teachers be discharged except for cause.

The Education…