The 1970's

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Decade overview

• In 1970, women constitute 38% of the labor force and 97.8% of the secretarial force.
• In 1972, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act allows preferential hiring and promotion of women and minorities (affirmative action).
• In 1973, Arab oil-producing nations move to embargo shipments to the United States, Western Europe, and Japan. The cutoff precipitates an energy crisis in the industrialized world.
• In 1974, AT&T, the largest private employer in the United States, bans discrimination against homosexuals.
• John T. Molloy's Dress for Success is published in 1975. This is followed by Women's Dress for Success in 1977.
• In 1978, Congress passes the Humphrey-Hawkins "full-employment" bill, setting the goal of reducing unemployment to 4% nationally by 1983.

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"Carbons to Computers: Historical Timeline 1970-1979 (text)." Smithsonian Education - Welcome. 1998. Smithsonian Institution. 28 Sep. 2008 <http://smithsonianeducation.org/scitech/carbons/text/1970.html>.