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Imagine you are a woman in the 1970s...
You would be watching the world shift before your eyes:
1972
1972
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 makes discrimination on the basis of sex illegal
“Title IX Enacted.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, November 16, 2009. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/title-ix-enacted.
1973
1973
Roe v. Wade legalizes abortion, a huge milestone for women's rights, cementing a women's right to bodily autonomy
The New York Times. “Why the Supreme Court Could Overturn Roe v. Wade.” The New York Times. The New York Times, May 3, 2022. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/02/us/politics/abortion-supreme-court-roe-wade.html.
1974
1974
The Equal Opportunity Credit Act, women can apply to get credit cards without a male cosigner
Issa, Erin El. “Women and Credit: In the 1970s, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act Became Law- A Key Step in Financial Freedom for Women.” MarketWatch. MarketWatch, August 7, 2020. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/women-and-credit-in-the-1970s-the-equal-credit-opportunity-act-became-law-a-key-step-in-financial-freedom-for-women-2020-08-03.
In terms of higher education:
If you were a woman in the 1970s...
It would have been only 140 years since the 'Seven Sisters' Colleges began to be founded, cementing a new pathway for women to be educated at a collegiate level.
Lewis, Jone Johnson. “About the Seven Sisters Colleges.” ThoughtCo. ThoughtCo, February 16, 2019. https://www.thoughtco.com/seven-sisters-colleges-historical-background-3528803.
And a mere 123 years earlier Lucy Stone would become the first woman ever to receive a college degree in Massachusetts.
And a mere 123 years earlier Lucy Stone would become the first woman ever to receive a college degree in Massachusetts.
Lewis, Jone Johnson. “Biography of Lucy Stone, Black Activist and Women's Rights Reformer.” ThoughtCo. ThoughtCo, June 18, 2019. https://www.thoughtco.com/lucy-stone-biography-3530453.
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