Women's Civil Rights Timeline

By mgerber

  • Equal Pay Act

    Who: President Kennedy
    Where: Workplaces
    Why: It made it illegal for employers to pay male workers more than their female counterparts.
    How: Signed the Equal Pay Act

  • National Organization for Women

    Who: Women fighting for women's rights
    Where: Betty Friedan's hotel room at a women's rights conference
    Why: To influence government officials to strive for equality for women
    How: Getting together and forming the group

  • National Women's Political Caucus

    Who: Gloria Steinem
    Where: Nationally
    Why: To encourage women to run for political office.
    How: Getting enough support from women

  • Education Amendments Act

    Who: Congress and school administrators
    Where: Colleges
    Why: To stop sexual discrimination in higher education
    How: Made it illegal

  • Roe v. Wade

    Who: Expecting mothers
    Where: Abortion clinics
    Why: To overturn limited access to abortion
    How: A Supreme Court decision that overturned limited access to abortion. Many feminists saw this as a victory, while some called it murder.