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Ratification of the 19th Amendment gives women the right to vote.
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Margaret Sanger founds the American Birth Control League that soon developed into the Planned Parenthood Federation of American
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The National Council of Negro Women was organized by Mary McLeod Bethune. The Council was a group who lobbied against racism, gender discrimination, and job discrimination.
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Over 350,000 women joined the war effort, both in the forces and at home, increasing work force of women from 27% to 37% in five years.
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Franciss Criss paints "Day Shift".
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Walt Kuhn paints "Dragoon".
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Wayne Thiebaud paints "Supine Woman".
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The Feminine Mystique is a book written by Betty Friedan that initiated the second-wave of feminism in America.
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Equal Pay Act makes it illegal for women to receive less pay based on gender for the same job.
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The court gets rid of the last state law stating that contaceptives used by married couples are illegal.
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Cosmopolitan is turned into a women's magazine. Director: Helen Gurley Brown
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Betty Goldstein Freidman founds the National Organization for Women with the mission statement of, "To take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men."
