Feminism and the women's liberation movement continued to influence the United States and improve many women's lives throughout the 1970s. What were some of the important events of feminism in 1976?
- The National Organization for Women established a Task Force on Battered Women and Household Violence.
- The first Displaced Homemakers Center in the U.S. opened in Oakland, California, with the help of Tish Sommers, chair of the NOW Task Force on Older Women.
- Take Back the Night marches began, continuing annually in cities around the world.
- In Planned Parenthood v. Danforth, the Supreme Court struck down a requirement for written spousal consent before a woman could obtain an abortion.
- The TV sitcom Alice began, starring Linda Lavin, who often spoke out on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment and working class women.
- A new organization, the National Alliance of Black Feminists, opened its headquarters in Chicago.
- Barbara Jordan became the first African-American woman to be the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention.
- In a backlash against the reproductive freedom of Roe v. Wade, the Hyde Amendment passed Congress, prohibiting the use of federal Medicaid funds for abortions.