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Birth control pills go on the market.
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The Equal Pay Act is passed.
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The Civil Rights Act outlaws sex discrimination.
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National Organization for Women (NOW) is founded by Betty Goldstein Friedan
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Shirley Chisholm becomes the first black women elected to the House.
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Geraldine Ferraro becomes the first woman elected as vice president.
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A number breaking number of women are elected in congress.
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The supreme court rules that sexual harassment in the workplace is illegal.
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Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
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Madeleine Albright is sworn in as the first female Secretary of State.
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Condoleezza Rice serves as the first female African American Secretary of State.
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Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the house of representatives .
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Hilary Clinton announces her announces her candidacy for the democratic presidential nomination.
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Sonia Sotomayor becomes the third female and first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice.
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Hilary Clinton becomes the third women to hold the post of Secretary of State.
