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Turbulent Times
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The Pill is approved for contraceptive use in the United States
The Pill is approved for contraceptive use in the United States -
Presidential Commission on the Status of Women
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Students adopt the Port Huron Statement
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964
It prohibits gender-based and racial based discrimination on jobs -
The Voting Rights Act
It prohibits racial discrimination in voting -
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module descends to the Sea of Tranquility
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Nixon introduces the Family Assistance Plan
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The US invades Cambodia
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Kent State incident
National Guardsmen fire on a crowd of protestors -
Jackson State incident
Mississippi policemen shoot at women's dormitory -
The Women's Strike for Equality
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Nixon signs the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
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Title IX
Part of the Education Amendment Act, it prohibits educational institutions that received federal funds from discriminating on the basis of sex -
Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade infringes on a woman’s constitutional right to abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy -
Save Our Children
Anita Bryant leads a successful campaign to repeal a Miami law banning discrimination against homosexuals -
Gay Pride Parade
“Gay Pride” parades draw seventy-five thousand marchers in New York City and three hundred thousand in San Francisco