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Margaret Sanger founds the American Birth Control League
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Bessie Coleman Becomes First Female African-American Pilot
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Flapper Dresses became more popular
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Stock Market Crashes
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Great Depression Begins
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Amelia Earnhart flies solo across the Atlantic
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Mary McLeod Bethune organizes the National Council of Negro Women
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Planned Parenthood of America is formed
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Pop Art Movement
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The Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) is formed
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Civil Rights Movement
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Vietnam War begins
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FDA aaproves birth control pill
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President's Commssion on the Status of Women is established
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First woman in space
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Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique was written to show that many American housewives did not like the limited role they played in society by only being allowed to maintain the home, keep their husband happy, and take care of the kids. This problme was rooted in the years following World War II when women were expected to be the ideal American young woman. -
Equal Pay Act was passed
The Equal Pay Act was passed to make it illegal for any employer to pay a woman less than what a man was receiving for the same job, -
Civil Rights Act passes
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National Organization for Women is founded
Betty Friedan and other feminists founded a women's rights group in the United States seeking to end sexual discrimination.