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22 Jan 2018
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NOW is founded (now the largest and most comprehensive feminist advocacy group in the US)
Billie Jean King defeats champion player Bobby Riggs in a ''Battle of the Sexes'' tennis match
Sandra Day O’Connor becomes the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Sojourner Truth makes her famous “Ain’t I a Woman” speech
Sally Ride becomes the first woman in space
Congress passes the Violence Against Women Act
Halle Berry becomes the first (and only..) African American woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress
Hillary Clinton becomes the first First Lady to be elected to public office
Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of House of Representatives
Kathryn Bigelow becomes the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director
Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, becomes the youngest self-made female billionaire
Marie Curie becomes the first woman to receive Nobel Price
Girl Scouts of America is founded
Women are granted the right to vote in the US
Amelia Earhart flies solo across the Atlantic
Women serve in the armed forces during WWII
The Equal Pay Act is passed
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