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1.) 1959 - Lorraine Hansberry's Play A Raisin in the Sun is Produced
Lorraine Hansberry, who wrote A Raisin in the Sun, starring Sidney Poitier, was a woman author and American playwright who opened the door for other Black playwrights on Broadway.
2.) 1963 - Betty Friedan Launches the New Women's Movement
Betty Friedan a leader of the women's movement, wrote The Feminine Mystique, a voice for women's rights and civil rights and co-founded The National Organization for Women, while Gloria Steinem founded Ms. Magazine and Bella Abzug became a U.S. Representative.
3.) 1967 - Lynn Margulis Explains the Origin of Complex Biological Live
Lynn Margulis, one of the 20th century's leading women scientists, studied symbiotic reproduction and eukaryotic Cells, and proposed the Gaia hypothesis as part of evolution.
4.) 1969 - Joan Ganz Cooney Launches Sesame Street
Joan Ganz Cooney developed Sesame Street of the Children's Television Workshop in which Muppets are used to teach young children.
5.) 1973 - Roe v. Wade Strikes Down Anti-Abortion Laws
Roe v. Wade, the landmark case for woman's rights, involving Jane Roe who sued to get an abortion against DA Henry Wade, would pit Pro Life versus Pro Choice in a struggle over privacy rights that began with Griswold V. Connecticut.
6.) 1978 - Hispanic Golfer Nancy Lopez Wins Her First LPGA Championship
Nancy Lopez a Hispanic golfer, becomes the leading women's golfer in the LPGA.
7.) 1981 - Women in the Legal System and Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, was one of the 20th century's women pioneers who helped to expand women's rights and civil rights.