Women Fight for Equality

1. Experiences in the workplace
in 1950- 1 out of 3 women worked for wages. By 1960 the number had increased by 60% certain jobs considered "mens' work" and "womens' work"
2. Experiences in social activism
Ironically women were often put in unimportant positions in such organizations as the SNCC and SDS.
3. "Consciousness raising"
Groups where women would talk about their feelings about sexism.
4. Feminism
The belief that women should have the same rights as men.
5. Betty Friedan and The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique was a bestseller which captured the discontent women were feeling. Betty Frieden was its author, she was disatisfied with her life, and decided to write a book about sexism.
6. Civil Rights Act of 1964

7. National Organization for Women (NOW)
Created to pursue women's goals. Pushed for creation of Child-care facilities and prompted EEOC to declare sex-segregated job ads illegal.
8. Gloria Steinem and Ms. Magazine
a journalist, a political activist, founded Ms. Magazine. Ms. Magazine treated contemporary issues from a feminist perspective.
9. Congress
IN 1972 congress passed a ban on gender discrimination in "any education program or activity recieving federal financial assistnace" Hyer Education Act
10. Supreme Court
In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decided that women have a right to have an abortion in the first 3 months of pregnancy.
11. The Equal rights Amendment would have guaranteed equal rights under the law, regardless of gender. Who opposed this amendment? Why?
"The New Right" opposed the ERA because they thought it would ruin the family, cause same-sex marriage, and stop men from providing for their families.