1940 - 1970 Flashcards
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How did the ‘New Woman’ of the 1920’s challenge gender norms?
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- The flapper image emerged
- women wore shorter skirts, smoked and drank publicly
- women embraced greater personal freedom but faced ongoing discrimination in employment and education
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How did reproductive rights evolve during this period?
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- Margaret Sanger promoted birth control access
- opened the first birth control clinic in 1916
- in 1936, SC ruled that Birth control information could be legally distributed
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What was the role of women in the civil rights movement?
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- AA women fought for racial and gender equality
- The National Association of Coloured Women advocated for education and anti-lynching laws
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