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Equal Pay Act
Who: President Kennedy
Where: Workplaces
Why: It made it illegal for employers to pay male workers more than their female counterparts.
How: Signed the Equal Pay Act -
National Organization for Women
Who: Women fighting for women's rights
Where: Betty Friedan's hotel room at a women's rights conference
Why: To influence government officials to strive for equality for women
How: Getting together and forming the group -
National Women's Political Caucus
Who: Gloria Steinem
Where: Nationally
Why: To encourage women to run for political office.
How: Getting enough support from women -
Education Amendments Act
Who: Congress and school administrators
Where: Colleges
Why: To stop sexual discrimination in higher education
How: Made it illegal -
Roe v. Wade
Who: Expecting mothers
Where: Abortion clinics
Why: To overturn limited access to abortion
How: A Supreme Court decision that overturned limited access to abortion. Many feminists saw this as a victory, while some called it murder.