Frances Perkins becomes the Secretary of Labor throughout Roosevelt's term. She is the first woman in a Presidential cabinet. A media campaign by the government encourage women to take jobs while the men are at war. 400,000 women join the army, while nearly 7 million others take jobs. The Equal Pay for Equal Work bill is once again introduced to Congress.
Women also begin to lose their jobs as men come back from the war.
She serves in the Senate until 1973. It was first introduced to Congress in 1872. Federally Employed Women is founded to end sex-based discrimination in civil service occupations. Calif. allows couples to divorce by mutual consent. Other states quickly follow.