# Executive Order 11375 Signed in 1967 (effective 1968), EO 11375 amended [[Executive Order 11246]] to add **sex** to the categories of prohibited discrimination by federal contractors, extending the [[Affirmative Action]] framework to cover women. (Often associated with the Nixon era for its enforcement buildout, the order itself was issued under President Lyndon B. Johnson.) ## See Also - [[Executive Order 11246]] — The order this amended - [[Affirmative Action]]