social change Flashcards
where did police raid a gay bar in 1969?
Stonewall, Greenwich Village
when was the Gay Pride March and how many marchers were there?
1970, 10,000 marchers
how many Americans believed in equal rights for gays by 1977
50%
when were women given the right to vote under the 19th Amendment?
1920
when was the league of women’s voters set up?
1920
when was the civilian Conservation Corps set up?
1933
what did Eleanor Roosevelt set up in response to the Conservation Corps
Camp Tera
what did Eleanor Roosevelt hold in 1943 for women?
the White House Conference for Unemployed Women
in the 1930s, for every $1 a man earnt, what did a white woman earn as well as a black women
white woman - 61 cents
black woman - 23 cents
what was passed in 1941 to help working women and what affect did this have
the Lanham Act Childcare Provision - number of women working rose by 7%
when was Kennedy’s Commission of Enquiry on Women
1961
who wrote the feminine Mystique and when
Betty Freidan - 1963
when was NOW created
1966
how many people thought married women should not work in 1936 and how many thought this in 1942
1936 - 82%
1842- 13%
where and when was the first shopping mall created
1954 - the Detroit Suburbs
when was the feminist strike
1970
what was Phyllis Schlafy’s campaign
STOP ERA
what % of films were made in Hollywood in the 20s and 30s
90%
who was the first It Girl
Clara Bow
by 1929 how many homes had a gramophone
50%
when was the Kennedy and Nixon debate
1960
when was PBS created
1967
when was Sesame Street Created
1969
by 1917, how many immigrants were entering the USA a year
1.2 million
what act restricted immigration in 1921
the Emergency Quota Act
how many japanese were put in internment camps
120,000
