My Top Story of the Century

Women win the Vote- 1920

On August eighteenth, 1920 women won the right to vote in America. Women's suffrage groups rejoiced, their long fight for equality was achieved. This day was monuments. The anti-feminists had lost, women had been given what they deserved, the right to vote as men do.

This was an important step in women's rights. Women finally were making a difference in politics, and they were getting something that they had been wanting for a long time. It was monuments because the fight for women's suffrage had been going on for years and years and they finally achieved it.

 FDA approves birth control pill 1960.

On May 9, 1960 the FDA approved birth control as an oral  contraceptive. Women won the right to reproductive freedom. Anti-feminists lost their battle, and women took control of their bodies.

This was significant because many people were (and still are) against oral contraceptives. People believed that these women couldn't make decisions  about goes on in their bodies. Now women can have the choice in what happens to them.

Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique" inaugurates modern women's rights movement. 1963.

The book "The Feminine Mystique" was a world renowned book about mid-century housewives who yearned for equality. This book was the first of its kind and was an eye opener for many. Women in mid-century wanted fulfillment in their life that they weren't getting; restricted by laws and social rules, there wasn't very much they could do for them to do, many suffered from depression and it was a horrible time for them. The women had dropped out of school when they were married, so that they could become housewives. This resulted in the women being uneducated and unable to pursue a career. Without a career women lacked ambition and their lives seemed to have no meaning.

This was important because nothing like it had been published before. It showed a different perspective that many people hadn't seen before. It opened the publics eyes to the trials and tribulations of women in the mid-century era.