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Equal Pay Act
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was signed into action by President John F. Kennedy -
Civil Rights Act
Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting discrimination based on sex by private employers -
Griswold v. Connecticut
Supreme Court decision allowed married couples to use birth control -
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission began operations -
Marlo Thomas
Appeared in a television sitcom "That Girl" about a young single career independent woman -
NOW
The National Organization for Women was founded -
NOW committee
Formed a special committee to launch a major campaign for the equal rights Amendment -
Radical feminism
Redstockings began in New York -
First women Elected
Paula Hawkins, First lady senate -
Madeline Albright
First female secretary of state -
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
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. -
Sarah Palin
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin becomes the first woman to run for vice president on the Republican ticket. -
Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act
Allowed victims, usually women, of pay discrimination to file a complaint with the govt. -
Women in Military
Ban against women in military combat positions is removed -
Congress women
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.
