In the 1965, a new law passed, which increased immigration to our country. Women and migrates alike demanded full rights and privileges in society. They were treated unequally in society.

The women's liberation movement took place between the 1960's and 1970's. One of the leaders was Betty Friedan, who is the first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), and the Author of Feminine Mystique in 1963. Two other leaders with Betty Friedan were Gloria Steinem and Diane Harkin.

Other groups attempted to change the constituation of the United States in the early 1970's. They used a statement called the "Equal Rights Amendment." The statement declared: "Equality of rights under law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." The statement had the approval of the House of Representatives in 1971 and by the U.S. Senate in 1972. This was not exactly passed in the states though.

The American Civil Liberties Union has argued for women's rights more than any other national organization before the United States Supreme Court. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was actually the first national organization to argue for abortion rights for women before the Supreme Court. The American Civil Liberties Union has been a loyal defender for women's rights.

The proportion of women in state lesglatures tripled. The enrollment for college had a higher population of women instead of men in 1979. The rising divorce rate, though, had consequences. More and more women were being forced into living in poverty because they were divorced, without the financial help of men, especially when men apparently had the advantages and privileges during the time.

There were many feminism protests in the 1970's. Seventy-five women stormed the editors of Ladies' Home Journal, protesting about women having low-staff positions. Fifty thousand women participated in the Women's Strike for Equality in New York on August 26th, 1970.

The women's protests were successful. They achieved a few goals, in fact. They abolished sex discrimination in public accomodations, education, and employment advertising.

The rebellion against the "man's world" began soon enough. On May 3rd, 1970, Diane Crump was the first female ever to ride in the Kentucky Derby. On January 1973, Emily Howell became the first commercial pilot. Not the first female commercial pilot, but the first ever. She was hired by Frontier Airlines.

The involvement of TitleIX in the Education Codes of 1972 gave women more privileges. Women gained equal access to a higher education and the ability to enter profession schools became the law. More professional positions such as doctors, lawyers, engineers, architects, etc. that were taken as women doubled.

One of the great impacts after the women�s rights movement is the women�s financial liberation. About two decades and one-half ago, women were not allowed to own credit cards in their own names. Women didn�t have the permission to have a bank loan unless she had a male co-signer. A woman who worked earned only 59% of every dollar that men earned.

The help-wanted ads in the newspaper changed. The ads would read: �Help-wanted: men� instead of �Help-wanted: women.� Society was finding more ways to eliminate some of women�s privileges. The Equal Opportunity Commission terminated this in 1968, but since the EEOC didn�t have much enforcement power, most newspapers ignored this rule for years.

As a result, the National Organization for Women (NOW) complained about this to the Supreme Court to make it possible for any women to quality for a job position suitable. Now we see women in practically any position that one can think of. Women hold jobs as bus drivers, dentists, veterinarians, airline pilots, and phone installers, which would have been unthinkable and unacceptable by the majority one generation ago.

More equality was taking effect as well. Wives were able to get their husbands to help out with the responsibility of housework and family meals. Women were able to receive long-deserved promotions at work and gained the financial and emotion strength to leave an abusive spouse.

There was an outstanding sports battle in 1973. Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs, scoring a great victory for female athletes in �the Battle of the Sexes.� This event was a television tennis tournament that was watched with an audience of nearly 48, 000, 000 people. There was new hope and shock.

The Supreme Court passed a new law in 1973. As a result of the Roe v. Wade case, they allowed women to have the right to have a safe and legal abortion. This surmounted the many anti-abortion laws in many different states.