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The Feminine Mystique is published
This book published by Betty Friedan is credited with starting second wave feminism in the U.S. along with the Womens Liberation Movement. The book described that Women had societal pressure to be housewifes and to stay housewifes. Betty Friedan is a main contributor to the movement because she spearheaded the idea that Women aren't just wifes and baby makers, they are people and deserve the same life that men had at the time. The movement fought for equality in education, pay and Women's rights -
Equal Pay Act
The Equal Pay Act is passed by Congress, allowing for equal pay, regardless of the race, color, or gender of the worker. This helped accomplished one of the problems that the movement was fighting for, pay discrimination -
Contraception
The Supreme Court allows married couples to use contraception. This was seen as a huge victory for the group as abortion and contraception were illegal at the time. -
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was established as a government agency, prohibiting discrimination in the workplace -
NOW is formed
The National Organization for Women is one of the first and largest Women organizations. It was created by Betty Friedan, Muriel Fox, Shirley Chisholm and Pauli Murray. The organization was not very successful in its early years and focused on employment discrimination, equal education, maternity leave and other discriminatory problems that Women faced. -
Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm was one of the founders of NOW. She was an advocate for Women and African American rights. In 1968 she was the first african american woman to be elected into congress. This was a huge victory for her, NOW and African Americans. -
Miss America Protest
The New York Radical Women protested at the 1968 Miss America Pageant. They were there to protest the Racism and the ridiculous Women's beauty standards the pagent showed. -
Prohibiting Gender Descrimination
LBJ signs an executive order prohibiting sex discrimination by government contractors and requiring affirmative action plans for hiring women. -
California passes the No Fault Law
The No Fault Law allows for couples in California to divorce mutually now. -
First Man on the Moon
On this day Neil Armstrong was the first person to ever step foot on the Moon. This event changed space exploration forever and was televised across America. -
Women's Strike for Equality
Betty Friedan lead a national strike that showed in many ways how Women were being discriminated against. She wanted to show that women were seen everywhere in domestic labor while men were not. It was the largest rally since the Women's suffrage movement. -
My Mom is born
This event happened in the middle of the Women's Liberation Movement. As a woman, my mom said that she stands for everything that was accomplished by the Women's Liberation Movement. -
Gender Discrimination Banned in Education
Title IX of the Education Amendments bans sex discrimination in all education programs that are supported by the federal government. -
Roe v Wade decision
The court found anti abortion laws to be unconstitutional. This was also a huge victory for the movement as abortion and contraceptive were seen as Women's rights. Abortion was now safer and more accessible to Women. -
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Take Back the Night
From 1976-78 many nightly protests occurred that empowered Women across the U.S. These protests included rallies, speeches and vigils. -
Pauli Murray
Pauli Murray was an african american woman who helped to create NOW. She was a law student at Yale and in 1977 was the first african american woman to be ordained by the Protestant Episcopal Church. She helped to fight for the Women's Liberation Movement aloging with advocating for african american rights.
