Timeline: The Women's Liberation Movement of the 1960s and 70s

Feb 19, 1963

Publishing of "Feminine Mystique"

Betty Friedan published her book on the insight of women during the 1950s to early 60s. Her book included the lack of job oppertunity, unequal pay, and dull lives of women. This was a huge influence to the revolution.

Jun 10, 1963

The Equal Pay Act is established.

Nearly 20 years after its inception, the law requiring equal pay and treatment for workers, male and female, was passed. This helped change the workforce considerably.

Jul 2, 1964

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is established

This new act was to prevent discrimination in the workplace on account of race, sex, etc.

Jun 7, 1965

Griswold v. Connecticut

This case banned the prohibition of contraceptives outside of marriage. This cased rulled the Constituion protected a right to privacy.

Jun 30, 1966

NOW created

The National Organization for Women (NOW) was created by the writer of Femine Mystique, Betty Friedan. The organization's purpose is "To take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men."

Sep 7, 1968

The 1968 Miss America Pageant Protests

The New York Radical Women, a women's organization, protested the 1968 Miss America Pageant in New Jersey, claiming it was sexist and racist, and only portrayed women as mindless sex objects.