In honor of #WomensEqualityDay an lesson in #HerStory by @liberaljane 📍Before 1974's Fair Credit Opportunity Act made it illegal for financial institutions to discriminate against applicants' gender, banks could refuse women a credit card. 📍In 1982, Lillian Garland, a receptionist at a California bank, went on unpaid leave to have a baby and when she returned, her position was filled. Her lawsuit led to 1978's Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which found that discriminating against pregnant people is unlawful 📍Until 1973, women were not able to serve on a jury in all 50 states, when a federal law was passed. However, this varied by state. Utah was the first state to allow women to serve jury duty in 1898. Though, by 1927, only 19 states allowed women to serve jury duty. 📍In 1967, Kathrine Switzer, entered the Boston Marathon under the name "K.V. Switzer." At the time, the Amateur Athletics Union didn't allow women, & once discovered, staff tried to remove Switzer from the race, but she finished. AAU did not formally accept women until fall 1971. 📍It took until 1999 for emergency contraception (EC) to be approved by the FDA. Before then, a prescription was needed to buy EC & the product was age restricted. In 2013, the FDA set new guidance, which allowed EC to be sold directly on the shelf for purchase without a prescription or ID 📍Until 2018, Utah and Idaho were the last two states that lacked clear legislation protecting chestfeeding parents from obscenity laws. 📍Before 1977, sexual harassment was not considered a legal offense until a woman brought her boss to court after she refused his sexual advances and was fired. 🏛The court stated that her termination violated the 1974 Civil Rights Act, which made employment discrimination illegal.⚖️