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Authors: Ruth Rosen
âfamily valuesâ at Republican National Convention.
Five major womenâs clinics in Buffalo become the target of Operation Rescue.
Vice President Dan Quayle attacks the fictional television character Murphy Brown for having a child with no husband.
The State Farm Insurance Company agrees to pay $157 million to 814 women who were denied jobs as agents in the largest sexdiscrimination settlement in U.S. history under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
âThe Year of the Womanâ in politics results in more women elected than in any prior year.
1993Â Â Congress passes the Family and Medical Leave Act, which gives men and women protected unpaid leave to respond to family emergencies.
Bill Clinton appoints a record number of women to his cabinet and as heads of agencies, but withdraws the candidacies of Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood for attorney general because of the âNannygateâ issue.
The Tailhook scandal, in which naval aviators are accused of sexual harassment and lewd behavior, is exposed.
The United Nations World Conference on Human Rights meets in Vienna and, after hearing the testimony of women from all over the world, accepts the âVienna Declaration,â stating that violence against women or girls is a violation of their human rights. The General Assembly accepts the resolution.
1994Â Â The Supreme Court rules that obstructing the entrance to an abortion clinic is illegal.
Congress passes the Violence Against Women Act, which provides funds for services for victims of rape and domestic violence, allows women to seek civil rights remedies for gender-related crimes, and trains police and judiciary.
The United Nations Conference on Population and Development in Cairo passes a resolution that education for women (instead of industrial development) is a precondition for population control.
1995Â Â Beijing, China, hosts the United Nationsâ Fourth World Conference on Women. The conference calls for womenâs rights as human rights, and endorses a far-reaching and radical plan for peace and equality for women.
The Glass Ceiling Commission reports that white men hold 95 percent of senior management positions.
The O. J. Simpson trial, in which he is accused of killing his estranged wife and her friend, results in his acquittal, but the lengthy drama also teaches the nation about domestic violence.
The University of California Board of Regents ends affirmative action in admissions, hiring, and contracting on all campuses.
At the UNâs Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks out against abuse against women. âIt is a violation of human rights when women are denied the right to plan their own families, and that includes being forced to have abortions or being sterilized against their will.â
1996Â Â Rape as an instrument of war is defined as a war crime as Serbian military and police officers are indicted on rape charges.
President Clinton is elected for a second term, partly due to womenâs expectations that he will improve their working and family lives.
President Clinton signs a bill that does away with the national entitlement to welfare for mothers with dependent children, without providing for training or child care. States receive block grants for whatever programs they want to keep or begin.
1998Â Â Independent counsel Kenneth Starr and the far right-wing keep up relentless attacks against Democratic president Bill Clinton. Clintonâs affair with Monica Lewinsky provides them with ammunition and ignites a national debate that ends up in the impeachment of the president in 1999, but the Senate acquits him. The vast majority of Americans try to return personal behavior to private life, and support the president. Pundits notice that Americans now seem to be able to distinguish between sexual harassment and a sexual affair. The political Right denounces feminists as hypocrites for their
Five major womenâs clinics in Buffalo become the target of Operation Rescue.
Vice President Dan Quayle attacks the fictional television character Murphy Brown for having a child with no husband.
The State Farm Insurance Company agrees to pay $157 million to 814 women who were denied jobs as agents in the largest sexdiscrimination settlement in U.S. history under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
âThe Year of the Womanâ in politics results in more women elected than in any prior year.
1993Â Â Congress passes the Family and Medical Leave Act, which gives men and women protected unpaid leave to respond to family emergencies.
Bill Clinton appoints a record number of women to his cabinet and as heads of agencies, but withdraws the candidacies of Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood for attorney general because of the âNannygateâ issue.
The Tailhook scandal, in which naval aviators are accused of sexual harassment and lewd behavior, is exposed.
The United Nations World Conference on Human Rights meets in Vienna and, after hearing the testimony of women from all over the world, accepts the âVienna Declaration,â stating that violence against women or girls is a violation of their human rights. The General Assembly accepts the resolution.
1994Â Â The Supreme Court rules that obstructing the entrance to an abortion clinic is illegal.
Congress passes the Violence Against Women Act, which provides funds for services for victims of rape and domestic violence, allows women to seek civil rights remedies for gender-related crimes, and trains police and judiciary.
The United Nations Conference on Population and Development in Cairo passes a resolution that education for women (instead of industrial development) is a precondition for population control.
1995Â Â Beijing, China, hosts the United Nationsâ Fourth World Conference on Women. The conference calls for womenâs rights as human rights, and endorses a far-reaching and radical plan for peace and equality for women.
The Glass Ceiling Commission reports that white men hold 95 percent of senior management positions.
The O. J. Simpson trial, in which he is accused of killing his estranged wife and her friend, results in his acquittal, but the lengthy drama also teaches the nation about domestic violence.
The University of California Board of Regents ends affirmative action in admissions, hiring, and contracting on all campuses.
At the UNâs Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks out against abuse against women. âIt is a violation of human rights when women are denied the right to plan their own families, and that includes being forced to have abortions or being sterilized against their will.â
1996Â Â Rape as an instrument of war is defined as a war crime as Serbian military and police officers are indicted on rape charges.
President Clinton is elected for a second term, partly due to womenâs expectations that he will improve their working and family lives.
President Clinton signs a bill that does away with the national entitlement to welfare for mothers with dependent children, without providing for training or child care. States receive block grants for whatever programs they want to keep or begin.
1998Â Â Independent counsel Kenneth Starr and the far right-wing keep up relentless attacks against Democratic president Bill Clinton. Clintonâs affair with Monica Lewinsky provides them with ammunition and ignites a national debate that ends up in the impeachment of the president in 1999, but the Senate acquits him. The vast majority of Americans try to return personal behavior to private life, and support the president. Pundits notice that Americans now seem to be able to distinguish between sexual harassment and a sexual affair. The political Right denounces feminists as hypocrites for their