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Women’s Armed Services Integration Act- 1948
Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS)
Public Law 90-130 (1967): Resources on Women’s Promotion to Flag Officer Ranks
Air Force ROTC Allows Women (1969-1970)
Allowed Women to Command Units that Included Men (1972)
Women Admitted into Military Academies (1975)
Pregnant Women Allowed to Stay in Military (1976)
Disbanding of the Women’s Army Corps (1978)
Rescinded the “Risk Rule”: 1994
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act: 1994
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act: 2010
Lifted Ban on Women in Combat (Combat Exclusion Policy)