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The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was signed into action by President John F. Kennedy
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Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting discrimination based on sex by private employers
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Supreme Court decision allowed married couples to use birth control
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission began operations
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Appeared in a television sitcom "That Girl" about a young single career independent woman
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The National Organization for Women was founded
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Formed a special committee to launch a major campaign for the equal rights Amendment
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Redstockings began in New York
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Paula Hawkins, First lady senate
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First female secretary of state
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Congress passes Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, The first law to ban a specific abortion procedure. The supreme court upholds the ban the following year.
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin becomes the first woman to run for vice president on the Republican ticket.
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Allowed victims, usually women, of pay discrimination to file a complaint with the govt.
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Ban against women in military combat positions is removed
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congress has a record number of women, with 104 female house members and 21 female senators, including the chamber's first Latina, Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.
