•    MILLIONS OF WOMEN LOSE THEIR JOBS BECAUSE OF THE SHRINKING OF THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND THE RETURN OF MALE VETERANS AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II.

•    WOMEN MAKE UP 30 PERCENT OF ENROLLED COLLEGE STUDENTS, A DROP FROM 47 PERCENT IN 1920, SHOWING CHANGING EXPECTATIONS OF WOMEN AS HOUSEWIVES AND MOTHERS.

•    ROSA PARKS BECOMES KNOWN AS “THE MOTHER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT” AFTER SHE REFUSES TO SURRENDER HER SEAT ON A MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, BUS.

•    THE DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS, THE FIRST LESBIAN-RIGHTS ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES, IS FOUNDED IN 1957.

•    DECOY: POLICE WOMAN AIRS IN 1957, BECOMING THE FIRST TELEVISION SHOW TO FEATURE A FEMALE POLICE OFFICER.

•    AFTER THE BOSTON MARATHON BARS HER FROM ENTERING, ARLENE PIEPER ASCENDS AND DESCENDS PIKES PEAK IN THE PIKES PEAK MARATHON IN 1959, BECOMING THE FIRST WOMAN TO OFFICIALLY FINISH A MARATHON IN THE UNITED STATES.