The Equal Rights Amendment passed both houses of congress in 1972

Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, and her million dollar idea.

The Women's Movement began to stack up victories in the 1970s.

In 2007, Nancy Pelosi became the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.

Get to know Gloria Steinem.

Comedian Jane Lynch discusses her career and being a female comedian.

Women held a sit-in at the offices of Ladies Home Journal

Joan Rivers describes her troubles breaking into the comedy world.

The fight to ratify the ERA

African American women saw little in the Women's Movement that resonated with their lives

NOW tackled job discrimination at Southern Bell

Hillary Clinton on her devotion to women's rights worldwide

Phyllis Schlafly leads the protest against the ERA

For the women of the 1950s the societal norm was to get married before college was over

Makers: Women in War looks at American women’s increasing participation in war and combat

Betty Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1963, an expose on the happy homemaker myth.

Valerie Plame Wilson's career was sabotaged after she was “outed” as a high-level spy

Airlines had strict rules as to what the 'ideal' flight attendants should look like.

Dr. Love on breaking surgery's glass ceiling and her approach to breast cancer

Most middle class women of the 1950s became homemakers. Many women felt dissatisfied.

Sarah Weddington was a the attorney in Roe v Wade. Learn more about the landmark case.

Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the 1973 Battle of the Sexes match.

Title IX compelled schools to offer sports programs to women.

Michelle Rhee on her mission to improve public education.

Abortion would become the leading edge of the Conservative backlash.

Angela Salinas describes her career in the USMC and path to the rank of Major General.

In 2017, millions of women took to the streets and made their voices heard.

In the 2018 midterm elections, women played a bigger role than they have in any other.

Raquel Willis on how the Black Lives Matter movement uplifts Black trans and queer lives.

Sheryl Sandberg on getting more women a seat at the power table

Billie Jean King on fighting for equality in professional tennis

Ursula Burns on becoming the first African American woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company

Zainab Salbi on finding her calling helping women survivors of war.

Linda Alvarado on her trailblazing success in the male-dominated construction business

Examine how Joan Rivers used comedy to spotlight the inequality between men and women.

Tulsi Gabbard has served her country and her home state of Hawaii in Congress.

Joan Rivers describes her comedic style.

Astronaut Mae Jemison on reaching her goal of space travel.

Time's Up was born out of the need to uplift the voices that are so often silenced.

Actress Diahann Carrol discusses the American sitcom Julia.

Geena Davis discusses her career in movies and the role of women in the business.

Judy Blume is a best selling author.

Women discuss the NASA engineering around going to the bathroom

In 1967 Kathrine Switzer ran in the Boston Marathon.

Female leadership in the Senate start the discussion to end the shutdown.

Gloria Steinem founded Ms. Magazine in 1972

Ursula Burns became the first African American woman to head a Fortune 500 company.

African American women were not sure if the women's movement included them.

Get to know the story of Barbara Burns and how she broke into a male dominated industry.

Pat Foote discusses her career and the integration of women into the U.S. Army.