The Women´s Movement
Goals
Economic Equality for men and women
They want to have equal pay for men and women
They want better jobs
Social equality for men and women
They wanted better education (Higher Education Act)
End stereotypes of women
End discrimination in the workplace and in schools
Political equality for men and women
Civil Rights Act
They wanted to pass something to protect reproductive rights
They wanted the right to get an abortion
Pass the Equal Rights Act (ERA) which was passed but failed to get ratified
Events
The Glass ceiling was a barrier stopping women from getting better jobs
pink Collar Ghetto was a term used to identify the jobs that women held
Playboy was a magazine that featured naked women and was considered sexist because it portrayed women as objects for sex
They would release books and give speeches to raise the conscious of women that were not supporting the movement
Commission of the Status of women was established after the civil rights act to try and enforce the bill
The Feminine Mystique is a book that Betty Friedan wrote that sparked the second wave of feminism
Higher Education Act gave them rights to get a higher education (college)
Ms. Magazine is a feminist magazine from the time
Roe v. Wade was passed in 1973 and the Supreme Court ruled that women had the right to get abortions
EEOC ( Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Women get included in the Civil Rights bill
Most of the nations poverty are women ( Feminization of poverty)
Key Leaders
Phyllis Schlafly was a women that public challenged feminism and called it destructive
Betty Friedan helped start NOW and wrote the Feminine Mystique
Gloria Steinem tried to change public opinion through the use of mass media
Sandra Day O´ Connor was the first women to be on the supreme court
Outcomes
The Equal Opportunity Act was passed in 1974 which made it illegal to deny credit to any women
Roe v. Wade secured the right of abortion
Women gained legal rights
Medicine and Law has opened up as jobs for women
Percentage of women in workplace has grown 30% in 1950 to 60% in 2000
Form of Resistance
Men would also openly speak out against Feminism
Businesses would refuse to hire women/pay them equally
Phyllis Schlafy was one of the women who spoke out against feminism
Organization
National Organization for Women (NOW) was the only major organization for the women´s movement and Betty Friedan helped establish it
They wanted ¨true equality for all women¨and ¨full and equal partnership of the sexes¨
