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Between 1969-1975 the second wave initiated dozens of new feminist issues which quickly entered public discourse and law. Although some date had already existed on a few of these issues, data was secondary or insignificant in touching off public response & acknowledgement. It was the ascendancy of the WLM itself that was the instrument of change, which didn't happen piecemeal, but all together as if one issue eased the way for others. Later, when more data was collected, it was more an attempt to halt the inevitable backlash, than to spark a fire.