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Event 1
The Women's Bureau of Department of Labor is formed. -
Historical Figure 1
Margaret Sanger found the american Birth control League which evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America in 1942. -
Event 2
Alice Paul proposes the Equal Rights Amendment, which is introduced in Congress every year after. -
Event 3
Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is inaugurated as the first woman governor in the United States. -
Literary work 1
Maya Angelou: "Phenomenal Woman" poem. -
Historical Figure 2
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American politician, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States -
Event 4
: Millions of women enter the work force during World War II. -
Event 5
Women's services are established by the military. -
Event 6
Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the American civil rights movement -
Event 7
President John Kennedy establishes the president's commission on the states of women and appoints Eleanor Roosevelt as a champion. -
Historical Figure 3
Betty Friedan publishes her highly influential book The Feminine Mystique. -
Literary work 2
Betty Friedan's Book: "The Feminine Mystique" -
Event 8
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is organized and found by many woman including Betty Friedan; which also, seeks to end sexual discrimination. -
Event 9
Ms. magazine is first published as a sample insert in NY magazines and editor Gloria Steinem launched an icon of the first modern feminist movements. -
Event 10
As a result of Roe V. Wade, the supreme court established a woman's right to safe and legal abortion. -
Event 11
Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman seated on the United States Supreme Court. -
Event 12
Geraldine Ferraro becomes the first woman nominated for vice president by a major party. -
Event 13
The Supreme Court rules that sexual harassment in the workplace is illegal. -
Event 14
A record-breaking number of women is elected to Congress -
Historical Figure 4
Oprah Winfrey was called “arguably the world’s most powerful woman” , “one of the 100 people who most influenced the 20th Century” and “one of the most influential people” . -
Event 15
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is the first bill signed into law by President Obama. The law helps protect those who face pay discrimination and was named for an Alabama woman who complained at the end of her 19-year career that she had been paid less than her male coworkers. -
Literary Work 3
Angelina Jolie delivers a powerful speech while visiting a Syrian refugee camp. -
Event 16
Women will be allowed to serve in any job in the armed services.
