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United Farm Workers cofounder Dolores Huerta and a worker
talk about their lawsuit, which alleges that hundreds
of workers at a raspberry farm have been forced to work
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Creator of Ms. magazine and co-founder of the National
Women’s Political Caucus, Gloria Steinem is a vocal
crusader for women’s rights. |
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Billie Jean King watches her winning return in the “Battle
of the Sexes” match. Her win is a bold statement
for a whole generation of women. |
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An estimated 10,000 marchers descend on the capitol building in Springfield, Illinois, to demonstrate for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment..
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Charlie’s Angels represents a new kind of
television show in which women play smart, tough detectives. |
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• Labor organizer
Dolores
Huerta becomes vice president of the United Farm Workers,
which she cofounded to help immigrant and migrant people.
• Four
students protesting the Vietnam
War at Kent State University are killed by the National
Guard. |
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• The National
Women’s Political Caucus is founded in Washington,
D.C.
• The
26th Amendment of the Constitution
gives 18-year-olds the right to vote. |
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• Congress
passes Title
IX of the Education Amendments Act, which prohibits
discrimination on the basis of sex by public schools.
• The
ERA, which states that men and women should be treated
equally by law, is passed by Congress and sent to the
states for ratification. It falls three states short.
• Gloria
Steinem helps launch the first issue of Ms. magazine. |
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• U.S.
forces withdraw from Vietnam.
• The
U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe
v. Wade guarantees a woman’s right to abortion.
• Tennis champion Billie
Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in a “Battle of
the Sexes” match. |
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• Richard
Nixon resigns from the presidency following the Watergate
scandal.
• Little
League baseball is opened to girls. |
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• Women are admitted
into U.S. military academies for the first time. |
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• Almost 100,000
demonstrators march in Washington, D.C., in support of
the ERA.
• The Women’s Army Corps is dismantled
as women are integrated into the U.S. Army. |
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• Iran
takes 63 U.S. citizens hostage.
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