Business and Professional
Women of Maryland
"Women Helping Women Succeed"
ACCOMPLISHMENTS & VICTORIES
LEGISLATIVE LANDMARKS
BPW has been a leader in passing much of the nation's landmark civil and women's rights legislation including the:
- Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
- Violence Against Women Act of 1994
- Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
- The Women's Business Ownership Act
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Equal Pay Act of 1963