UCLA Center for the Study of Women

“From Protest to Policy: Women’s Social Movement Activities in Los Angeles, 1960-1999,” a multi-year research project by the UCLA Center for the Study of Women examined the how grassroots advocacy has shaped gender-related public policy in the arts, employment, healthcare, and higher education through an analysis of local women’s groups in Los Angeles between 1960 and 1999. During this period, women’s community groups organized around gender-based problems their members encountered in their lives, their families, and their neighborhoods. The following timeline represents the key events in state and federal legislation regarding women’s health initiatives as well as the development of grassroots organizations in Los Angeles that advocate for women’s reproductive health, environmental health, drug and alcohol abuse education and treatment in women and minority populations.