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WTUL
The National Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) is established to advocate for improved wages and working conditions for women. -
Birth-control
Margaret Sanger opens the first U.S. birth-control clinic in Brooklyn, N.Y. -
The right to vote
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote, is signed into law by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. -
National Council of Negro Women
Mary McLeod Bethune organizes the National Council of Negro Women, a coalition of black women's groups that lobbies against job discrimination, racism, and sexism. -
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood was founded in 1942 and has worked as an advocate for education and personal liberties in the areas of birth control, family planning, and reproductive health care. -
DOB
The Daughters of Bilitis (DOB), the first lesbian organization in the United States, is founded. And it is later developed into a political organization to win basic acceptance for lesbians in the United States. -
Equal Pay Act
Congress passes the Equal Pay Act, making it illegal for employers to pay a woman less than what a man would receive for the same job. -
Education Amendments
Title IX of the Education Amendments bans sex discrimination in schools. -
Meritor Savings Bank vs. Vinson
Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, the Supreme Court finds that sexual harassment is a form of illegal job discrimination. -
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
In Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Supreme Court reaffirms the validity of a woman's right to abortion under Roe v. Wade. The case successfully challenges Pennsylvania's 1989 Abortion Control Act, which sought to reinstate restrictions previously ruled unconstitutional. -
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act
President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, which allows victims of pay discrimination to file a complaint with the government against their employer within 180 days of their last paycheck
