steppingthroughhistory

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Stepping Through History

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Joan Benoit wins the first women’s Olympic Marathon, 1984

Joan Benoit won the first women's marathon at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2:24.52. She finished 400 meters ahead of Norway's Grete Waitz, who earned the silver medal. I believe this is a great accomplishment for women. Women were not respected much in sports but as we showed that we could compete more and more, women were given respect and were able to compete in their respected sports by winning medals and going to the olympics.

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Even in my own time and in my own life, I have witnessed a revolution. - Sandra Day O'Connor

This quote represents the achievement of woman and the representation of women on the Supreme court. Such a great achievement and revolution for women.

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President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor to be the first woman on the Supreme Court, 1981

In September, Sandra Day O'Connor was confirmed. Even though she had only been a judge a few years and had never served on a federal court when she began her tenure on the Supreme Court, she quickly established herself as a thoughtful equitable. This was an extreme accomplishment for women as well as sandra. We now had a voice on the Supreme court and were able to act swift and fairly from a woman's perspective.

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Janet Guthrie is the first woman to drive in the Indy 500, 1977

In car racing she became the first woman to qualify for the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500. Although mechanical problems forced her to withdraw from the 1977 Indy race, she placed ninth the following year. This is huge step for women because women were not seen racing; few are seen racing today and they are not always taken seriously.

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“Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing. Sometimes they have more imagination than men.” – Katherine Johnson

This quote represents that women can make the same decisions that men can if they can just have a voice in the option. Throughout history, women have made strides to be able to do the things men can do. These include racing in the Indy 500, flying a plane across the ocean, and people still struggle to see the imagination that women bring.

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The FDA announces its approval of “The Pill,” the first birth-control drug, 1960

In part, the FDA was uncomfortable with the idea of allowing doctors to prescribe pills to healthy people, and in part, the young bureaucrat assigned to the case was fixated on moral and religious rather than scientific objections to the pill. Even so, Enovid was approved for short-term use in October 1960. this point is so controversial because even today we see bureaucrats trying to control female birth control. this point is so controversial because even today we see bureaucrats trying to control female birth control. This is such a controversial problem because we are still seeing these issues today. Others want to control the female body when they don't understand the problems and health that surround them.

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"Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn't be that women are the exception." - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I agree with this quote because there are alot of decisions being made about the female body and women are not getting a seat at the table. I think this is a quote that everyone should know and consider, it doesn't just apply to females it applies to all.

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The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League becomes the first professional baseball league for female players, 1943

As many major-league stars joined the armed forces and went off to war in 1943, stadium owners and executives feared that baseball would never again grow. In response to this problem, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was created to keep ballparks occupied and fans entertained until the war ended. I believe this topic is controversial because today women play baseball and you still don't see them get the respect they deserve. There have been many females in the little league that havent gotten recognition.

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Amelia Earhart is the first woman to cross the Atlantic in an airplane, 1928.

After she flew across the ocean for the first time, she became a star: winning countless awards, getting a ticker-tape parade on Broadway, writing a best-selling book about the trip and contributing to Cosmopolitan magazine. I believe this post is interesting because after flying across the ocean she became an editor at Cosmopolitan which was a huge step in woman literature.

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Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in the United States, 1916

In Brownsville, Brooklyn, nurse and women's rights activist Margaret Sanger opened the country's first birth control clinic in October 1916. Since state laws prohibited the provision of contraceptives and the dissemination of information about them, Sanger's clinic was illegal. In 1921, Sanger formed the American Birth Control League, the organization that eventually became Planned Parenthood. This topic and post is so controversial because people today still try to control the right to female birth control and the right to women's own bodies.