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2. Miss America protest - Wikipedia

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   The Miss America protest was a demonstration held at the Miss America 1969 contest on September 7, 1968, attended by about 200 feminists and civil rights advocates. The feminist protest was organized by New York Radical Women and included putting symbolic feminine products into a "Freedom Trash Can" on the Atlantic City boardwalk, including bras, hairspray, makeup, girdles, corsets, false ...

3. Timeline of 1960s counterculture - Wikipedia

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   The widely reported "burning of bras," despite not being substantiated by eyewitness evidence, becomes a potent urban legend for the burgeoning "women's lib" movement. [ 457 ] [ 458 ] September 24: The Mod Squad : "One Black, One White, One Blonde" is the tagline for a hip, troubled-kids-turned-cops television police drama, which debuts on this ...

4. Timeline: The women's rights movement in the US - AOL

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   1994 – The Violence Against Women Act funds services for victims of rape and domestic violence and allows women to seek civil rights remedies for gender-related crimes. Six years later, the ...

5. Women's liberation movement in North America - Wikipedia

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   The women's liberation movement in North America was part of the feminist movement in the late 1960s and through the 1980s. Derived from the civil rights movement, student movement and anti-war movements, the Women's Liberation Movement took rhetoric from the civil rights idea of liberating victims of discrimination from oppression.

6. Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) in the ...

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   On 1 July 1921 the Act on the Change of Certain Provisions of the Civil Law Pertaining to Women's Rights was enacted by the Sejm, to address the most obvious inequalities for women who were married. The provisions of the Act allowed women to control their own property (except their dowry), to act as witnesses to legal documents, to act as ...

7. 'Free the Nipple' movement: Women can now legally go ... - AOL

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   Women in six U.S. states are now effectively allowed to be topless in public, according to a new ruling by the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. 'Free the Nipple' movement: Women can now legally ...

8. Sports bra - Wikipedia

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   A sports bra is a bra that provides support to the breasts during physical exercise. Sturdier than typical bras, they minimize breast movement and alleviate discomfort. [ 1 ] Many women wear sports bras to reduce pain and physical discomfort caused by breast movement during exercise.

9. Opinion - The trans rights movement is on the fast track to ...

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   A prime example of an equality-based movement is Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which mandates that institutions receiving federal funding cannot discriminate based on race, color, or national ...