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Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in as the first female
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The Oprah Winfrey Show begins airing nationwide
in 1986. Oprah
quickly becomes one of the most admired and watched talk
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In 1988, Toni
Morrison’s book Beloved wins the Pulitzer
Prize. |
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In 1985, about 9 percent of officers and enlisted personnel
in the armed forces are women, an increase from less
than 2 percent in 1972.
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• New guidelines
from the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission prohibit sexual
harassment. |
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• Doctors
identify the virus that causes AIDS.
• Sandra
Day O’Connor is named the first woman justice
of the Supreme Court.
• IBM
introduces the first personal computer. |
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• Only three
states short of ratification, the ERA expires. |
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• Sally
Ride becomes the first U.S. woman in space. |
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• Geraldine
Ferraro becomes the first woman nominated by a major
political party to run for vice president of the United
States. |
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• The space shuttle
Challenger explodes, killing seven crew members including
teacher Christa McAuliffe. |
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• Florence Griffith
Joyner sets a world record in the 200-meter sprint at
the Olympics. |
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• The
Berlin Wall falls, signaling the end of the Cold War.
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