4. problems faced

Question 1

4 main problems faced

Answer 1

1. Not united in aims or strategy
2. Faced considerable conservative opposition (often from women)
3. Neither or the political parties took up causes directly
4. Radical supporters alienated mainstream support

Question 2

Demands went beyond what suffrage organisations could have asked for e.g

Answer 2

the right t have abortions and ‘the right for women to control their own reproductive lives’ expressed in NOW conference in 1967

Question 3

Women’s groups =

Answer 3

inspired & energised by new feminism

were diverse but shared an overall aim of equality which had been lacking in the 1930s and 1940s

Question 4

Specific issues e.g.

Answer 4

paid maternity leave and tax concessions to house wives

Question 5

Unifying thrust-

Answer 5

equality in key areas such as education, employment and political organisations

Question 6

Break away groups e.g. Women’s Equity League (which rejected NOW’s support for abortion law-reform)
Action?

Answer 6

pressed hard for equality in education.

Action against 300 schools and colleges that seemed to be discriminating against women.

Question 7

NOW brought legal action against

Answer 7

employers who broke 1967 executive order against sex discrimination by companies with federal contracts