70s Flashcards
1
Q
Things women couldn’t do before 1971
A
- Get a credit card in her own name
- Be guaranteed they would not get fired for getting pregnant
- Fight on the front lines
- Majority of Ivy League universities would not accept women
- Take legal action against workplace sexual harassment
- Decide to not have sex with their husband - it was not until 1993 that rape in a marriage became a crime
- Get health insurance for the same price of a man
- Take the birth control pill
2
Q
When did congress pass the ERA? Why didn’t it get rattified?
A
1972
Because 38 states needed to ratify it.
3
Q
What was Roe vs Wade?
A
- Roe V Wade is the court case that set a new precedent and legalised abortion in the first trimester of a woman’s pregnancy. It overturned the laws of individual states.
