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• The World
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• U.S.
troops support Kuwait against Iraq in the Persian
Gulf War.
• The
U.S. Department of Labor establishes the Glass
Ceiling Commission to eliminate the barriers that
block qualified women from advancements in the workplace. |
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• The 1992
election doubles the percentage of women in Congress;
as a result, 1992 is dubbed the Year of the Woman.
• Russia
and the United States sign a treaty officially ending
the Cold War. |
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• Young girls
are introduced to the workplace as the Ms. Foundation
for Women launches its first annual Take
Our Daughters to Work Day.
• The
Vietnam Women’s Memorial is erected in Washington,
D.C.
• Supreme Court Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsburg and Attorney General Janet Reno are
appointed. |
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• The
Violence Against Women Act is passed to combat gender-based
violent crimes. |
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• A bomb destroys
the federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. |
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• Madeleine
Albright is confirmed as the first woman U.S. secretary
of state.
• U.S.
Army General Claudia Kennedy becomes the first woman
three-star general.
• The Women’s
National Basketball Association (WNBA) debuts. |
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• President
Bill Clinton is impeached by the House of Representatives,
then is acquitted by the Senate. |
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• The United
States joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
in air strikes against Yugoslavia.
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