It’s Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, so in honor of this, we ask about a landmark event for women’s equality. In what year did the first federal prison for women open?
Hint: While not exactly the happiest milestone on the march toward equality, opening a women’s prison helped standardize the rehabilitation system for women and the conditions that women in the federal system faced. What precipitated the influx of female federal inmates? Figuring out the event that turned so many women into federal criminals is your hint.
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