Feminsim

Question 1

What did the report on women in the workplace in 1963 reveal?

Answer 1

Women earned around 60% less then men.
95% of managers were male.
Most work for women was part-time, with limited responsibility.
Women could legally be dismissed if they were married.
Only 4% lawyers and 7% of doctors were women

Question 2

What did the Feminine Mystique argue?

Answer 2

It argued that well-qualified women felt depressed and undervalued because they were unable to pursue a fulfilling career. It called for equality between men and women.

Question 3

What was the Equal Pay Act of 1963?

Answer 3

Women and men receive equal pay for the same job

Question 4

What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Answer 4

Banned discrimination based on race and sex in employment

Question 5

What was the NOW?

Answer 5

NOW demanded complete equal rights for women in US law. They stated it was a woman’s right to make her own reproductive decisions. Within a few years the organisation had around 40,000 members

Question 6

What did the Women’s Lib do?

Answer 6

Younger, more extreme women disrupted the Miss World Beauty Contest

Question 7

What was the Roe v Wade Case in 1973?

Answer 7

Lawyers argued successfully that Roe had the right to an abortion. In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that women in all states had the right to safe and legal abortion