Turbulent Times

By livetolove94
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    Turbulent Times

  • 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

  • Students adopt the Port Huron Statement

  • 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

  • Nixon introduces the Family Assistance Plan

  • The US invades Cambodia

  • 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

  • Nixon signs the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

  • 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