Waves of Feminism
Women’s Suffrage, Birth Control, Eugenics Movement
1916 1920 1921 1921 1930 -
Margaret Sanger opened first birth control clinic
1869 - Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Women
League of Women Voters became a separate organization from NWSA
Suffrage Association (NWSA)
American Eugenics Society formed from the International organization
1920 - Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution passed to allow women the
Margaret Sanger started American Birth Control League
right to vote
Anglican Church voted at its Lambeth Conference to allow married couples
1947 – Carle Zimmerman published Family and Civilization analyzing the causal
to use birth control in extreme cases
connections between the rise and fall of different types of families and the
1931 - Federal Council of Churches issued a statement defending family
rise and fall of civilizations
Sexual Revolution Late 1950’s – Ultrasound technology first used for OB/GYN patients
limitation and urging the repeal of laws prohibiting contraceptive
education and sales
including fetal head measurement and eventually study of fetal growth
1942 - Birth Control League became Planned Parenthood
1960 - Polish Priest Fr. Karol Wojtyla (future Pope John Paul II) wrote a book on
1948/1953 - Dr. Alfred Kinsey published books using fraudulent and criminal
philosophy called Love and Friendship
research techniques to legitimize sexual deviancy and pedophilia
1968 - Pope Paul VI’s Humanae Vitae predicted that acceptance of contraception
1953 - Hugh Hefner started publishing Playboy Magazine
would lead to 1) a general lowering of moral standards throughout society;
1960 - FDA licensed use of birth control pill
2) a rise in infidelity; 3) a lessening of respect for women by men; and
1964 - Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Foundation helped to fund the creation of the
4) the coercive use of reproductive technologies by governments
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the US (SIECUS), led by
1971 - Alternative to Abortion started networking hotlines and pregnancy help
former Planned Parenthood medical director Mary Calderone
services
1966 - Betty Friedan founded the National Organization for Women
1972 - Phyllis Shlafly started the Eagle Forum leading grass-roots campaigns against
1968 - Alan Guttmacher Institute separated from Planned Parenthood to
Communism, abortion, and Equal Rights Amendment
promote “reproductive health and rights” through the use of research,
1974 - First Annual March for Life took place in Washington DC to stand up for the
analysis, and education
unborn
1969 - California became the first state to pass legislation for no-fault divorce
1975 - Pregnancy centers started to network through CareNet to save the unborn
1970 - Office of Population Affairs created under the US Department of Health
1977 - The first Focus on the Family broadcast was hosted by Dr. James Dobson
and Human Services with the authority to grant Title X Family Planning
1979 - Beverly LaHaye founded Concerned Women for America
money
1979-1984 - Pope John Paul II delivered 129 lectures on the meaning of the human
1973 - Abortion legalized through US Supreme Court ruling on Roe v Wade
body and sexuality that became known as Theology of the Body
1980 - Advocates for Youth founded as the Center for Population Options
Gender Fluidity 1983 - Family Research Council established to counter attacks against life
1980 - Human Rights Campaign Fund was founded by Steve Endean as one
and family issues in Washington DC
of the first gay and lesbian political action committees
1990 - Dr. Judith Reisman’s book Kinsey, Sex, and Fraud published
1981 - Education department of Planned Parenthood Santa Cruz became ETR
1992 - Medical Institute for Sexual Health founded by Dr. Joe McIlhaney
Associates to develop, publish, and market sex education programs
responding to increases in cancer and infertility in OB/GYN patients
1985 - Center for Sex Education (national education division of Planned
1993 - Alternative to Abortion became Heartbeat International
Parenthood of Central and Greater Northern New Jersey) started hosting
1994 - Alliance Defending Freedom created to focus on religious freedom
an annual Sex Ed Conference
1996 - Welfare Reform Act including Section 510 Title V Abstinence Education
1990 - Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN) promoted the first
Program known as “A-H Guidelines” passed
annual Day of Silence in high schools
1999 - Family Watch International began defending pro-family values at the United
1991 - Association of Planned Parenthood Leaders in Education (APPLE) began
Nations
presenting awards to individuals for outstanding leadership in education
2006 - National Abstinence Education Association (NAEA) established
2011 - Advisory Committee including SIECUS, PP, GLSEN, and Advocates for
2006 - Medical Institute for Sexual Health updated the 1996 Guidelines for Sexual
Youth updated 1991 and 2004 versions of National Sexuality Education
Health Education
Standards as a part of the Future of Sex Education Initiative for
2016 - Ascend, formerly NAEA, updated Abstinence Works white paper to SRA
Comprehensive Sex Education
Works reflecting the public policy model of Sexual Risk Avoidance