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Birth control
Birth control pills were approved in 1960 and made available in 1961 -
Feminist
Fifty thousand women in sixty cities in by Women Strike for Peace protest above ground testing of nuclear bombs -
Equal rights
Congress passed the Equal Pay Act -
Discrimination
NOW wins lawsuit against the City of Chicago for sex discrimination of hiring and promoting employees -
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Discrimination Act bans discrimination against pregnant women. -
Abortion
The Supreme Court passed a law banning a specific abortion procedure -
President
Hilary Clinton is the first women to run for president -
Supreme court
Sonia Sotomayor is nominated as U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Sotomayor becomes the first Hispanic American and the third woman to serve. -
Discrimination
Fair Pay Restoration Act allows victims, usually women, of pay discrimination to file a complaint with the government against their employer within 180 days of their last paycheck. -
Equal rights
Hillary Clinton becomes Secretary of State in 2009. She is the third woman in U.S. history to hold this position. -
Health Care
The Affordable Health Care Act is signed into law. Under this law, private health insurance companies must provide birth control without co-pays -
Supreme court
Elena Kagan is confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States -
Military
The ban against women in military combat positions is removed -
Equal rights
The ban against women in military combat positions is removed this overturned -
Equal rights
Supreme Court decides the law that restricts federal recognition of same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection clause of the constitution.
