Feminist Timeline By patricks21 1960 Birth control pills go on the market. 1963 The Equal Pay Act is passed. 1964 The Civil Rights Act outlaws sex discrimination. 1966 National Organization for Women (NOW) is founded by Betty Goldstein Friedan 1968 Shirley Chisholm becomes the first black women elected to the House. 1984 Geraldine Ferraro becomes the first woman elected as vice president. 1992 A number breaking number of women are elected in congress. 1993 The supreme court rules that sexual harassment in the workplace is illegal. 1994 Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space. 1997 Madeleine Albright is sworn in as the first female Secretary of State. 2005 Condoleezza Rice serves as the first female African American Secretary of State. 2007 Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the house of representatives . 2007 Hilary Clinton announces her announces her candidacy for the democratic presidential nomination. 2009 Sonia Sotomayor becomes the third female and first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. 2009 Hilary Clinton becomes the third women to hold the post of Secretary of State.
