The MCSM Women's History Month Committee would like to honor women by
reviewing their accomplishments and the issues that have impacted them
throughout history.
On March 7, 2010 "The Hurt Locker" director
Kathryn Bigelow won the Oscar for best director, becoming the first
woman ever to achieve the top honor at the Academy Award.
In 1992- Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois, becomes the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate
In
1996- In United States vs. Virginia, the Supreme Court rules that the
all-male Virginia Military School has to admit women in order to
continue to receive public funding. It holds that creating a separate,
all female school will not suffice.
In 2007- Nancy Pelosi (D. Calif.) becomes the first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives.
In
2009- President Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration
Act, which allows victims of pay discrimination to file a complaint
with the government against their employer within 180 days of their
last paycheck. Previously, victims (most often women) were only
allowed 180 days from the date of the unfair paycheck. This Act is
named after a former employee of Goodyear who alleged that she was paid
15-40% less than her male counterparts, which was later found to be
accurate. | 
