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Seneca Falls Woman's Rights Convection
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Wyoming becomes the first State to allow Women to vote
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The 19th Amendment grants the Women's Right to vote
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Hattie Wyatt Caraway becomes the first women elected in the U.S. Senate from Arkansas
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Medical use of Birth Control becomes legal in the U.S.
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The Equal Pay act is passed granting equal wages for the same work, regardless of race, sex, religion, color, or national origin
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The Civil Rights act passes prohibiting discrimination against race, color, religion, national origin, or sex
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Title IX created to prohibit sex discrimination in aspects of education that receive federal funding
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The Roe v. Wade decision makes abortion legal in the U.S.
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The Women's Educational Equity Act is created to ensure nonsexist teaching materials are used for women and girls in education
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Taylor v. Louisiana, denies the States the right to exclude women from Juries
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Sandra Day O'Connor is the first woman is appointed as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice
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March is declared as Women's History Month
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Gender Equity and Education Act, created to train teachers in gender equity.
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The United States v. Virginia decision was created so The Virginia Military Institute couldn't refuse to admit women. Created by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Madeleine Albright becomes the first Woman U.S. Secretary of State
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Condoleezza Rice is the first Black Woman U.S. Secretary of State
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Nancy Pelosi becomes the first Woman to become the Speaker of the House
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Hillary Clinton is the first woman to lead the ticket of a major party on a Presidential nominaton
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Kamala Harris is sworn in as the first woman and woman of color Vice President of the Unites States
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Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey are overturned by the supreme court