60s Flashcards
stat, married women, unmarried, education issues
50s
2 million women laid off, men returning to work
married women- cultural push to reinforce ‘woman’s place’ again with ‘cult of domesticity’
, federal funding for childcare withdrawn, women’s role glamourised in manual books, suburbian living and romanticising marriage
unmarried women- ‘pink-collar work’ clerical work continues to open up, ops for AA and EM too much barred from managerial
due to government programmes ex-servicemen, more male collegue enrolement, women outcompeted, man evening evading into social work sector
these are the negatives, includes literature positives in next set
60s social
neg- women doing 79% of unpaid labour, known as ‘double shift’
-50s huge baby boom, marriage rates at all time high, people marrying younger
-Kennedy ignores Sanger demands for fed. provision of birth control
pos- social acceptance of second income (for mc women)
and impact
60s economic
neg- annual income for man nearly double of woman’s, wage gap widened in this decade, women earning 63% less on av.
pos- more socially acceptable to have second income for affluent surburban living, double no. working than pre-war 2 bc more reliance on female labour with expanding service over manufacturing industry
-key development because young girls now had role models of working women, financial independence, inspired next gen. in the 70s
JFK COMMISSION
60s political POSITIVES
JFK first pres. to take women’s issues on, Kennedy Commission to advise on women’s issues, endorsed and gave impetus for…
63 Equal Pay Act, outlawing wage dis. on sex and
Johnson’s CRA 64 Title VII no dis. in employment and schools
impact- gives feminists legal clause to work off
60s political NEGS that undermine
Title VII proved empty victory EEOC est. to deal with discrimination cases, did so, poorly. wage gaps in 69 worse than in 63.
Kennedy commission, promoted training for young girls into motherhood
Commission inaction causes many to move to NOW, women losing voice ‘inside’ government, 11 congresswomen but not all with a woman’s rights agenda , women losing voice in social refrom too with affuent economy
