OCR textbook - key dates Flashcards
1
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1869
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NWSA & AWSA (rival suffrage organisations) founded
2
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1874
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women’s christian temperance union
3
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1890
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formation of NAWSA - rival suffrage organisations united
4
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1917
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margaret sanger set up 1st US birth control clinic
5
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1919
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house of representatives passed women’s suffrage (19th) amendment
6
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1933
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frances perkins became 1st women in a presidential cabinet
7
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1941
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US entered WW2
–> 7 mil women supported war effort
8
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1957
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no. of women/men voting was approx. equal for 1st time
9
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1963
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- equal pay act
- betty friedan published ‘the feminine mystique’
10
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1966
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national organisation for women founded (NOW)
11
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1972
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equal rights amendment passed by congress but never ratified
12
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1973
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roe v. wade
- supreme court established woman’s right to abort
13
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1984
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geraldine ferraro was 1st woman vice presidential candidate for major political party - democratic party
