The "second wave" of feminism spread across the United States during the late 1960s. By 1968, the women's liberation movement was becoming a significant part of U.S. history. Here are a few important events of feminism in 1968:
- Shirley Chisholm was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
- Many feminist publications were launched, including the Voice of the Women's Liberation Movement newsletter in Chicago and New York Radical Women's Notes From the First Year.
- The Women's Equity Action League (WEAL) formed. The founders of WEAL broke off from the National Organization for Women (NOW) to avoid "controversial" issues such as reproductive choice, sexuality and the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). WEAL focused on employment, education and economic opportunities for women.
- New York women's liberation activists protested the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City.