Events
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 matchSandra Day O’Connor becomes the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme CourtSojourner Truth makes her famous “Ain’t I a Woman” speechSally Ride becomes the first woman in spaceCongress passes the Violence Against Women ActHalle Berry becomes the first (and only..) African American woman to win the Oscar for Best ActressHillary Clinton becomes the first First Lady to be elected to public officeNancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of House of RepresentativesKathryn Bigelow becomes the first woman to win an Oscar for Best DirectorSara Blakely, founder of Spanx, becomes the youngest self-made female billionaireMarie Curie becomes the first woman to receive Nobel PriceGirl Scouts of America is foundedWomen are granted the right to vote in the USAmelia Earhart flies solo across the AtlanticWomen serve in the armed forces during WWIIThe Equal Pay Act is passed
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