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Ms. Magazine was first published as a sample for New York Magazine but sold 300,000 copies in 8 days becoming the major voice of females.
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Equal Rights Amendment passes congress but ends up failing.
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Established a women’s right to safe and legal abortion and over rides anti-abortion in many states
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The first marital rape law enacted in Nebraska. Making it illegal for a husband to rape his wife
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President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first women to serve on the United States Supreme court
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The Violence Against Women Act tightens federal penalities for sex offenders, funds services for victims of rape and domestic violence, provides special training of police officers.
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Lt. Col. Eileen Collins becomes the first american women to pilot a space shuttle
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Hillary Rodham Clinton becomes the only first lady ever elected to the U.S Senate
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Condoleezza Rice becomes the first African American women appointed secretary of state
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Nancy Pelosi becomes the first woman speaker of the U.S House of Representatives.
