Coors Brewing Co. and Walt Disney Co., approve full domestic partner benefits to lesbian and gay couples. United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women is held in Beijing. 200 Minnesota women attend. Susan Molinari is the first congresswoman to wear slacks on the House floor. Nora Slatkin is the first female executive director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Men sue to work at Hooters.
Hooters girls march in protest. 75th anniversary of women's suffrage. Air Force Lt. Eileen Collins is the first woman pilot of a U.S. spacecraft. 1996 Minnesotan Winona LaDuke runs for U.S. vice-president on Green Party ticket.