События
Women workers establish
Daughters of LibertyColonies ban women workers
from keeping their earningsAbigail Adams brings importance
of equal rights to the White HouseWomen stage first factory strike in USWorkers form first all-women unionLowell Female Labor Reform
Association formedMaria Mitchell opens doors
for women in STEMFirst national union
for women formedCongress guarantees equal pay
for women federal employeesNew York State passes Married
Women's Property Act in 1848Every state in the US
adopts similar legislation
to the Married Women's
Property ActMadam CJ Walker becomes
the first self-made female
millionaire20k women go on strikeTriangle Shirtwaist
Factory fireMassachusetts sets
first minimum wage
for womenFirst woman serves in CongressWomen take on factory
jobs during WWINew York court broadens
acceptable contraceptive useInternational Congress of
Working Women foundedWomen get the right to voteEqual Rights Amendment introducedEconomy Act of 1932Great DepressionFirst Female Secretary of LaborNational Council for
Negro Women is establishedFair Labor Standards Act passedCongress introduces Women's Equal Pay ActEqual Pay Act gets passedCivil Rights Act is passedSupreme Court rules that
married couples can use
contraceptionNational Organization for Women foundedSex-segregated help-wanted ads bannedWomen's Strike for EqualityTitle IX EstablishedPregnancy Discrimination Act PassedSandra Day O'Connor
becomes first woman
Supreme Court JusticeStates fail to ratify
Equal Rights AmendmentFirst woman astronaut goes to spaceLaw firms no longer
allowed to use gender
as a discriminating factor
for promotionsRetirement Equity Act passedSexual Harassment at
work becomes illegalCongress enacts Women's Business Ownership ActCongress passes Family and Medical Leave ActWomen's labor force hits peak of 60.3%Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act passedBreak time for breastfeeding becomes mandatoryCombat roles open to women in militaryHillary Clinton becomes
first woman to earn
presidential nomination
from a major party42% of women face discrimination at workGovernment removes deadline on ERAProjected US Census Bureau date that women will receive equal payWomen are receiving 81.6 cents
for every dollar of their male
counterpartsПериоды
Women labor force grows 50% thanks to WWIIWomen gain more rights via the courts and Congress#MeToo movement
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