growing pressures for social change: women

Question 1

When was the presidential commission of the status of women published? which year?

Answer 1

1963

Question 2

When was the presidential commission of the status of women commissioned? which year?

Answer 2

1960

Question 3

The presidential commission of the status of women finds that women are what percentage of the workforce?

Answer 3

50

Question 4

The presidential commission of the status of women finds that women are what percentage of lawyers?

Answer 4

4

Question 5

The presidential commission of the status of women finds that women are what percentage of doctors?

Answer 5

7

Question 6

The presidential commission of the status of women finds that women, when doing the same job as men, get what percentage of their wage?

Answer 6

55

Question 7

Increasing loads of evidence that women don’t exactly have it great, huh? (2)

Answer 7

1. The presidential commission of the status of women.
2. More evidence about the mistreatment begins to emerge.
3. Another (specific) example is Congresswoman Martha Griffiths’ critical questioning of the personnel manager of National Airlines.

Question 8

Increasing loads of evidence that women don’t exactly have it great, huh?
1. The presidential commission of the status of women. (2)

Answer 8

a. Background.
b. Findings:

Question 9

Increasing loads of evidence that women don’t exactly have it great, huh?
1. The presidential commission of the status of women.
a. Background. (2)

Answer 9

i. In 1960 eleanor Roosevelt convinces kennedy to set this up.
ii. The commission reports its findings in 1963.

Question 10

Increasing loads of evidence that women don’t exactly have it great, huh?
1. The presidential commission of the status of women.
b. Findings: (5)

Answer 10

i. Women make up 50% of the workforce.
ii. 5% of managers are women.
iii. 4% of lawyers are women.
iv. 7% of doctors are women.
v. Women earn around 55% of the wages men did whilst doing the same job.

Question 11

Increasing loads of evidence that women don’t exactly have it great, huh?
3. Another example is Congresswoman Martha Griffiths’ critical questioning of the personnel manager of National Airlines.
this is after thier policies become evident, what policies?

Answer 11

a. This is after their policy of firing stewardesses if they married or reached the age of 32 became evident.

Question 12

what is the name of the book by Betty Friedan

Answer 12

The Feminine Mystique

Question 13

who wrote the feminine mystique?

Answer 13

Betty Freidan

Question 14

what is the second mystique often credited with?

Answer 14

kickstarting that second wave of American feminism