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Womens sufferage movement
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Women’s Liberation Movement
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Jeanette Rankin elected to Congress
She was elected to the U.S. House of represenatives for one team. Then she was elected again in 1940, remaining to be the only woman elected in the state of Montana. -
Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in the United States
Sanger with her sister Ethel and activist Fania opened a birth control clinic. The first one in the country. -
Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in the United States
Sanger, with her sister Ethel and the activist Fania. They created the first birth control clinic -
19th Amendment of the United States
This was an amendment that allowed anyone to vote regardless of sex. Which was the whole point of the sufferage movement. -
Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in the United States
Sanger with her sister Ethel and activist Fania opened a birth control clinic. The very first one in the country. -
what was the Alaska Equal Rights Act signed into law
It abolished the jim crow laws in Alaska. It was the first of its kind -
Civil Rights Movement launched
It was a movement for mainly the blacks. A huge push started when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat -
FDA Approves first birth control pill
They were pills used for birth control. Made by Margaret Sanger. -
The Feminine Mystique was written
The Feminine Mystique was a book written by Betty Friedan. The book was about the pervasive dissatisfaction among women in mainstream American society in the post-World War II period. -
Equal Pay Act was signed into law
A act signed by JFK. Obviously it enforced equal pay and treatment in the work force -
Civil Rights Act signed into law
It was an act signed by Lyndon Johnson.The act prohibited segregation in buisnesses like resturaunts. -
National Women’s Suffrage Movement formed
Anthony and Elisibeth Cady formed the NWSM. The movement would go on until the 19th amendment. -
Title IX was passed into law
President Richard Nixon signed the Title Xl. The Title Xl prohibited discrimination on the basics of sex in education programs and activities -
Roe v. Wade Court Case
It was a court case about the rights to abortion. then uhh it the Supreme Court decided that the right to privacy implied in the 14th Amendment protected abortion as a fundamental right. -
“Battle of the Sexes” tennis match
It was a tennis match against Margaret Court and Bobby Riggs. Bobby rigs ended up winning. -
Sandra Day O’Connor sworn in to US Supreme Court
Sandra Day was sworn into the Sepreme court. After Potter Stewart retired.