Womens Liberation Movement (AUS & US) (Andrew and Khaled) by https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade en-us 2022-09-09 01:07:44 UTC 2022-10-27 23:32:51 UTC hello@padlet.com 1961 – President Kennedy established a Presidential Commission on the Status of Women (US). andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289022910 Kennedy established a commission relating to issues concerning women.]]> 2022-09-09 01:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289022910 1961 – Limited access to contraceptive pill granted y some women (AUS) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289023156 Initially available only to married women. 

https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/the-pill

]]> 2022-09-09 01:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289023156 1962 – Indigenous Australian women allowed to votes in elections (AUS) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289023415 In 1962 the Menzies government amended the "Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918", this amendment allowed all Indigenous Australians to vote in Federal Elections

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_rights_of_Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_peoples#:~:text=For%20a%20time%20Aboriginal%20people,vote%20in%20Australian%20federal%20elections.]]> 2022-09-09 01:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289023415 1963 - The Equal Pay Act of 1963 passed (US). andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289023616 equal pay was introduced.

https://www.investopedia.com/equal-pay-act-1963-5207271#:~:text=The%20Equal%20Pay%20Act%20of%201963%20is%20a%20U.S.%20law,Labor%20Standards%20Act%20of%201938.]]> 2022-09-09 01:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289023616 1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed by Congress and signed by President Johnson (US) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289023759 It was a Civil Rights act that prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools and public accommodations, and employment discrimination.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964#:~:text=The%20final%20vote%20was%20290,House%20on%20July%202%2C%201964.]]> 2022-09-09 01:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289023759 1965 – Merle Thornton chains herself to a pub to protest women prohibited from drinking in public bars (AUS) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289023922 Rosalie Bognor and Merle Thornton chained themselves to the bar at the Regatta Hotel in 1965 because the bartender refused to serve them.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-27/merle-thornton-revisits-regatta-hotel-50-years-after-protest/6355004#:~:text=Rosalie%20Bognor%20and%20Merle%20Thornton,for%20police%20to%20remove%20them.

]]> 2022-09-09 01:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289023922 1966 – 28 women formed the National Organization for Women (NOW). (US) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024007 The NOW was a commision founded by 28 women in 1966, the commision campagned for consitutional equality, economic justice, reproductive rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, racial justice and also against violence against women.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Organization_for_Women#:~:text=The%20National%20Organization%20for%20Women%20(NOW)%20was%20founded%20in%201966,October%201966%20NOW%20Organizing%20Conference%2C]]> 2022-09-09 01:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024007 1967 – The National Organization for Women was formally incorporated. Membership was up to 1035 (US). andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024059 founded by a group of activists who wanted to end sex discrimination

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2015/06/30/day-history-national-organization-women-was-founded]]> 2022-09-09 01:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024059 1967 – Aboriginal women recognized as citizens due to referendum (AUS) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024171 The referendum changed the status of Aboriginal Women in Australia, officially making them citizens


https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2017/May/The_1967_Referendum]]> 2022-09-09 01:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024171 1968 – A group of 400 feminists protested the Miss America Pageant, drawing global media attention. However, contrary to popular myth, no bras were actually burned (US). andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024324 Women organized the first protest against Miss America, they were responding not only to the pageant and its antiquated, misogynistic attitudes toward women and beauty

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fifty-years-ago-protestors-took-on-miss-america-pageant-electrified-feminist-movement-180967504/]]> 2022-09-09 01:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024324 1969 - No fault divorce was established as legally legitimate (US) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024468 No fault divorce meant that there was no need to show proof of wrongdoing.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-fault_divorce]]> 2022-09-09 01:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024468 1969 – First abortion rights granted for some (AUS) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024601 Legislation in 1969 legalised abortion when necessary to protect the life or physical or mental health of the woman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Australia#:~:text=South%20Australia,-In%20South%20Australia&text=Legislation%20in%201969%20legalised%20abortion,be%20born%20with%20serious%20handicaps.]]> 2022-09-09 01:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024601 1970 – NYC elected Bella Abzug, a leader in the feminist movement, to Congress (US). andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024666 She was part of a feminist movement was elected to the US congress

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bella-Abzug]]> 2022-09-09 01:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024666 1970 - The Women's Strike for Equality March took place on Aug. 26, 1970 (US). andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024755  19th Amendment granted women the right to vote, 50,000 feminists paraded down New York City’s Fifth Avenue with linked arms, blocking the major thoroughfare during rush hour.

https://time.com/4008060/women-strike-equality-1970/]]> 2022-09-09 01:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024755 1970 – Germaine Greer’s significant books The Female Eunuch was published (AUS and internationally) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024881 Her book played an influential role in the feminist movement, it was sold out in 6 months.

https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/reading-australia/the-female-eunuch-by-germaine-greer]]> 2022-09-09 01:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289024881 1971 – Gloria Steinem co-founded Ms. Magazine, providing a platform for feminist ideas to reach a wider audience (US). andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289025005 Few realized it would become the landmark institution in both women’s rights and American journalism that it is today.

https://msmagazine.com/about/]]> 2022-09-09 01:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289025005 1972 – National Council for Aboriginal and Islander women established (AUS) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289025169 Victoria formed a council in the 1960s, other states followed afterwards.

https://www.nma.gov.au/explore/features/indigenous-rights/organisations/expansion-folder/national-council-aboriginal-islander-women#:~:text=In%20the%20late%201960s%20Geraldine,and%20Islander%20Women%20was%20formed.]]> 2022-09-09 01:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289025169 1972 – Contraceptive pill readily available (AUS) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289025325 Gough Whitlam abolished the luxury tax on all contraceptives, and placed the pill on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme list, reducing its cost to $1 per month.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/jun/06/rachel-cooke-fifty-years-the-pill-oral-contraceptive]]> 2022-09-09 01:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289025325 1973 – Roe v. Wade changed the landscape in women’s fights for control over their own bodies (US) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289025406 It decriminalized abortion nationwide in the US, allowing women to get an abortion with legal repurcussions.

https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/abortion/roe-v-wade]]> 2022-09-09 01:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289025406 1973 – ‘Battle of the sexes’ tennis match won by Billy Jean King (US). andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289025492 Top women's player Billie Jean King, 29, beats Bobby Riggs, 55, a former No. 1 ranked men's player.

https://notice.aenetworks.com/#:~:text=On%20September%2020%2C%201973%2C%20in,1%20ranked%20men%27s%20player.]]> 2022-09-09 01:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289025492 1974 – The Equal Credit Opportunity Act passed, enabling a woman to take out a credit card in her own name, rather than her husband’s (US). andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289025572  The Equal Credit Opportunity Act passed allowing women to open their own bank accounts/credit cards in their own name instead of their husdbands.

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]]> 2022-09-09 01:17:02 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289025572 1974 - Minimum wage extended to women through the Arbitration Commission (AUS). andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289025754 Australian unions and the newly elected Whitlam government lobbied the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission]]> 2022-09-09 01:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289025754 1975 – ‘No fault divorce’ passes under the Family Law Act (AUS). andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289025853 No fault divorce meant that there was no need to show proof of wrongdoing.

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6404955/no-end-in-sight-to-family-law-woes/]]> 2022-09-09 01:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289025853 1975 – Australian International Women’s Day March 8th March (AUS andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289026015 Taken on 8 March 1975 during International Women's Year, at the first International Women's Day rally held in Australia.

https://www.naa.gov.au/learn/learning-resources/learning-resource-themes/society-and-culture/gender-and-sexuality/international-womens-day-rally-melbourne]]> 2022-09-09 01:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289026015 1976 – Reclaim the night protests occur in Europe to protest sexual violence andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289026102 It was part of the second wave of feminism. Women marched and protested in cities across Europe.

https://www.historyrevealed.com/eras/20th-century/womens-lib-the-second-wave-of-feminism/

]]> 2022-09-09 01:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289026102 1978 - The Pregnancy Discrimination Act passed (US). andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289026212 To amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit sex discrimination on the basis of pregnancy.

https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/pregnancy-discrimination-act-1978#:~:text=To%20amend%20Title%20VII%20of,on%20the%20basis%20of%20pregnancy.

]]> 2022-09-09 01:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289026212 1979 – Unpaid maternity leave granted for all birthing people (AUS) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289026358  It enabled pregnant women to receive maternity leave pay.

https://atui.org.au/2022/03/australian-unions-win-maternity-leave-1979/]]> 2022-09-09 01:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289026358 1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor became the first woman on the Supreme Court (US). andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289026449 Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/sandra-day-oconnor-first-woman-supreme-court/#:~:text=Sandra%20Day%20O%27Connor%20was,as%20a%20Supreme%20Court%20justice.&text=During%20the%201980%20presidential%20campaign,to%20the%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court.]]> 2022-09-09 01:18:08 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289026449 1984 – 1986 – The Sex Discrimination Act 1984 and the Affirmative Action (Equal Employment Opportunity for Women) Act helped improve worker rights for Australian women (AUS) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289026763 The act made sure that women had the same acess to jobs, services and accomodation as men.

https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/sex-discrimination-act]]> 2022-09-09 01:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289026763 2005 – Law of provocation abolished. (AUS) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289026871 Provocation was abolished as a partial defence to murder in Victoria in 2005.

https://www.gotocourt.com.au/criminal-law/vic/provocation-in-victoria/#:~:text=Provocation%20was%20abolished%20as%20a,amounts%20to%20a%20partial%20defence.]]> 2022-09-09 01:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289026871 2008 – Abortion decriminalised in Victoria (AUS) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289026992 Abortion bill passed in 2008, allowing women to get abortions without legal repurcussions.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-10-11/vic-parliament-passes-abortion-bill/538304]]> 2022-09-09 01:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289026992 2010 – Julia Gillard is sworn in as Australia’s first female Prime Minister (AUS) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289027075 She held office as leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). She is the first and only female prime minister in Australian history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Gillard#:~:text=Julia%20Eileen%20Gillard%20AC%20(born,prime%20minister%20in%20Australian%20history.]]> 2022-09-09 01:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289027075 2011- Australia's first national paid parental leave scheme (AUS) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289027251 It encouraged women to return to work after having children.

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/feb/17/paid-family-leave-transformed-australian-business-its-now-under-threat]]> 2022-09-09 01:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289027251 2016 – First Indigenous woman elected to House of Representatives (AUS) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289027344 First Indigenous female member of the House of Representatives, elected in 2016. She was also the first and only Indigenous member of the New South Wales Parliament, having been elected in 2003.

https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1718/Quick_Guides/IndigenousParliamentarians#:~:text=Indigenous%20federal%20parliamentarians&text=Linda%20Burney%20(House%20of%20Representatives,having%20been%20elected%20in%202003.]]> 2022-09-09 01:19:08 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289027344 2019 – Abortion decriminalised in NSW (AUS) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289027404 Abortion bill passed in 2019, allowing women to get abortions without legal repurcussions.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-26/abortion-decriminalised-in-nsw-as-bill-passes-lower-house/11549436]]> 2022-09-09 01:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289027404 2021 – Abortion decriminalised in South Australia (AUS) andrewfrayne https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289027478 the Termination of Pregnancy Act 2021 becomes law in South Australia today.

https://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2022/7/7/abortion-law-finally-comes-into-effect-in-south-australia#:~:text=More%20than%2015%20months%20after,abortion%20care%20across%20the%20state.]]> 2022-09-09 01:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewfrayne/fortnitegrenade/wish/2289027478