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Margaret Sanger founds the American Birth Control League, which evolves into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America in 1942.
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Eleanor Roosevelt's work for women began long before her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt won the presidency. After joining the Women's Trade Union League in 1922, she introduced Franklin to friends like Rose Schneiderman, which helped him to understand the needs of female workers.
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Gertrude Ederle swims the English Channel. She is the first woman to do so, and she breaks all previously held records.
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Dutch Jewish author. Anne Frank’s diary is one of the most widely read books in the world. It reveals the thoughts of a young, yet surprisingly mature 13-year-old girl, confined to a secret hiding place. “Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.”
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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.
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The federal law prohibiting the dissemination of contraceptive information through the mail is modified and birth control information is no longer classified as obscene. Throughout the 1940s and 50s, birth control advocates are engaged in numerous legal suits.
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Sally is the first American woman in space.
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Congress passes the Equal Pay Act promising equitable wages for the same work regardless of gender.
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Labor for females changed dramatically during the 1960's where a law passed by the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act was passed to prohibit employment discrimination based on sex.
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Soon after birth control pills were legalized, abortion became legal too.
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The civil rights act also helped women by ending discrimination towards pregnant women's labor.
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EMILY's List (Early Money Is Like Yeast) is established as a financial network for pro-choice Democratic women running for national political office. The organization makes a significant impact on the increasing numbers of women elected to Congress.
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The writer, 84, whose books include The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, said women have suffered as a result of feminism as they now have to go out to work when many might not want to.
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In United States v. Virginia, the Supreme Court rules that the all-male Virginia Military School has to admit women in order to continue to receive public funding. It holds that creating a separate, all-female school will not suffice.
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Madeleine Albright is sworn in as the first female Secretary of State.
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In Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs, the Supreme Court rules that states can be sued in federal court for violations of the Family Leave Medical Act.
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In Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education, the Supreme Court rules that Title IX, which prohibits discrimination based on sex, also inherently prohibits disciplining someone for complaining about sex-based discrimination. It further holds that this is the case even when the person complaining is not among those being discriminated against.
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“Women Are Never Front-Runners" by Gloria Steinem
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The Supreme Court upholds the ban on the "partial-birth" abortion procedure.
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Fourth-wave feminism is often said to have started in 2008.
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President Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act
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Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that the ban on women serving in combat roles would be lifted.
