Women/ Feminism Timeline

  • Equal Rights Amendment

    The Equal Rights Amendment is reintroduced into congress.
  • Schiltz v. Wheaton Glass Co.

    In Schlitz v. Wheaton Glass Co. a US court appeals rules that jobs held by men and women need to be "substaintly equal" but not "identical" to fall under the protection of the Equal Pay Act.
  • Mrs. Magazine

    Mrs. Magazine is published in the New York magazine. 300,000 copies are sold out in 8 days. The magazine becomes the major forum for feminist voices. Cofounder and editor Gloria Steinem is launched as an icon of the modern feminist movement.