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a period of feminist activity and thought that began in the United States in the early 1960s and lasted roughly two decades. second-wave feminism broadened the debate to include a wider range of issues: sexuality, family, the workplace, reproductive rights, de facto inequalities, and official legal inequalities
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this promised equitable wages for the same work, regardless of the race, color, religion, national origin or sex of the worker.
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this was prohibiting sex discrimination by government contractors and requiring affirmative action plans for hiring women.
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Title IX of the Education Amendments prohibits sex discrimination in all aspects of education programs that receive federal support.
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The Supreme Court upholds the right to use birth control by unmarried couples.
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The Supreme Court denies states the right to exclude women from juries.
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The state of Mississippi belatedly ratifies the 19th Amendment, granting women the vote.
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The U.S. Supreme Court held that a work environment can be declared hostile or abusive because of discrimination based on sex, an important tool in sexual harassment cases.
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The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act allows victims, usually women, of pay discrimination to file a complaint with the government against their employer within 180 days of their last paycheck.
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The ban against women in military combat positions is removed, overturning a 1994 Pentagon decision restricting women from combat roles.
