Social History Timeline By krddwyer Period: 1947 to 1991 The Cold war 1949 "The Second Sex" is published 1970 The Birth of the French Women's Liberation Movement 1970 English Equal Pay Act is passed 1971 "Manifesto of 343 Sluts" was Published Women demanded access to contraception and admitted to having had an abortion 1971 German "We Had Abortions" Press Campaign 1975 English Sex Discrimination Act is Passed 1975 English Employment Protection Act is passed Protects against women being fired for pregnancy. 1978 Italian Parliament partially decriminalizes abortion 1979 The UN Declared "Year of the Woman" 1987 Angela Dworkin's "Intercourse" The beginnings of radical feminism.