Womens Movement-Eva Crosson

The National Organization of Women

public protests

Advocated against pageants

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Outlawed social discrimination

Thought it would not get passed but it later does

consciousness-raising efforts

women being treated unequal

In the 1970s women gained the to right vote (19th amendment)

Pink Collar ghetto

Women jobs-low pay

1960s and 1970s second wave of feminism for women

1920s got right to vote

Seneca Falls Convention 1840

glass ceiling

invisible barrier between women and men

still prevalent

Feminization of Poverty

single mothers were widows and struggled to get jobs

women struggled with poverty

Casey Hayden

Mary King

Betty Freedman

The Feminine Mytique

Helped to establish NOW

Sandra Day O'Connor

First female Supreme Court Justice

Found less opportunities to her male counterparts

Gloria Steinmen

Tried to raise awareness through media

co-founded Ms magazine

Revealed how playboy magazine humiliated women

political, social, and economic equality

Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

Demannd gender equality under law

This was an attempt to amend the constitution

did not get passed because of conservatives disapproval

Gets passed by congress, but certain amount of states have to agree to it 2/3 states. They got 35

Reproductive Rights

Wanted rights to abortion

Phyllis Schlafly

opposed feminist movement and was very conservative

Worried that there would be a draft for women in the military

Civil Rights act passed

Title VII

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

enforced banned discrimination on hiring

Commission on the Status of Women by Kennedy

investigation into women inequality

Higher Education Act

Banned discrimination in education

Title XI

Equal Credit Opportunity Act

Could get equal credit to men

1974

Roe v. Wade

Right to legal abortion

1973