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Perfect Family: perfect marriage
Perfect Family
The perfect family was the perfect marriage of a mom and a dad with two kids, no divorce and where no one is alone. -
Operation Match: First Dating Site Created
Operation Match Operation match was the first dating site created by Harvard undergrads. It costed $3 for a questionnaire and a match. -
Loving V. Virginia
The Loving V. Virginia case was were a black woman and a white man, were married in the District of Columbia.Returning back to Virginia shortly after, the couple was then charged with violating the state's anti-miscegenation statute, which banned inter-racial marriages. -
No Fault Divorces
No fault divorces where divorces that the spouse did not have to prove that the other spouse did something wrong. One spouse must state the reason for divorce and be recognized by the state. -
women were changing the social rules of marriage
During the 1970's, women were changing the idea of marriage being mandatory. Women were now showing America how marriage means love. Marriage was about finding their soul mate. This continues to be the case now in 2016. -
First battered women’s shelter in the United States opens.
The first battered women's shelter opened in St. Paul, Minnesota, by the Women’s Advocates. This is where women and their children of all backgrounds and cultures can escape domestic violence and begin to heal. -
Change in Weddings
This was the turning point for tradition weddings. The dresses were getting bigger, the cakes getting higher and the cost increasing by the minute. -
Rise of Women keeping their maiden Names
The growing percent of women keeping their maiden names grew to about 18% in the 1990's. These maiden names have been with the female for 25 plus years of their lives and this meant loosing their significance of independence -
The Creation of Match.com
The dating site match.com was created in 1995 by Gary Kremen. The creation of this site revolutionized the dating site for many years to come. -
Same-Sex Marriage Legal Nation Wide
Announcement of gay rights
Same-sex marriage is legal in all 50 states. married same -sex couples finally had the same legal rights and benefits of any other marriage. Same-sex couples now would be recognized on birth and death certificates and didn’t have to hide the relationship or be shamed on.
