The changing position of women, 1917–80

Question 1

When was the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to vote ratified?

Answer 1

18 August 1920

Question 2

When was the League of Women Voters setup?

Answer 2

1920

Question 3

When was the Women’s Bureau of Labor setup?

Answer 3

1920

Question 4

By how much did the number of working women rise by between 1910 and 1940?

Answer 4

5.367 million (from 7.64 million to 13.007 million)

Question 5

When was the Muller vs Oregon ruling that limited the the number of working hours for women to less that 10 per day?

Answer 5

1908

Question 6

What legislation did the Women’s Bureau of Labor push for?

Answer 6

A women’s minimum wage

Question 7

In a 1932 report from the Women’s Bureau of Labor, what percentage of the women working in slaughtering and meat packing were working as the sole wage earner or to boost the husband’s wage?

Answer 7

97%

Question 8

Number of working women between 1910 and 1930?

Answer 8

5 million to 10.6 million

Question 9

Camp Tera was setup by Eleanor Roosevelt, and by 1936 there were 36 camps. How many people could this program reach per year?

Answer 9

5,000

Question 10

Fannie Peck setup which organisation in Detroit during 1930 encouraging people to shop in black run stores and to organise local help for those in need?

Answer 10

Housewives League

Question 11

Compared to each dollar earned by an average white American, what was the average Black woman and White woman earning in comparison during the New Deal?

Answer 11

23 cents and 61 cents

Question 12

Which act was passed in 1940 for Women regarding mobilisation during this time of heightened foreign aid for America?

Answer 12

The Selective Training and Service Act

Question 13

When was the Lanham Act passed?

Answer 13

1941

Question 14

How many children were in day care by 1944 as a result of the Lanham Act?

Answer 14

133,000 children

Question 15

The percentage of married women in work rose by how much during the Second World War?

Answer 15

15% to 23%

Question 16

Which women’s organisation re-formed during World War Two?

Answer 16

Women’s Land Army of America

Question 17

How many women were approximately working in agriculture by June 1943?

Answer 17

3 million

Question 18

Number of Black women on nursing training courses between 1939 and 1945?

Answer 18

1,108 to 2,600

Question 19

Percentage of married women in the workforce between 1940 and 1950?

Answer 19

10.1% to 22.2%

Question 20

Percentage of people who thought married women should not work in 1936, 1938, 1942 and 1978?

Answer 20

1936= 82%, 1938=78%, 1942=13%, 1978=38%

Question 21

How many more people lived in the suburbs in the 1960s compared to the 1950s?

Answer 21

19 million

Question 22

Which TV show was made that portrayed and publicised the life of suburban women?

Answer 22

I Love Lucy

Question 23

Which city had the first large out-of-town shopping mall in 1954?

Answer 23

Detriot

Question 24

When did Kennedy setup a Commission of Enquiry On the Status of Women?

Answer 24

1961

Question 25

When did Kennedy’s Commission of Enquiry On the Status of Women publish its findings?

Answer 25

1963

Question 26

What were the two conclusions of the Commission of Enquiry on the Status of Women?

Answer 26

The Equal Pay Act was praised but needed enforcing, and wider job opportunities for women

Question 27

When was the Equal Pay act?

Answer 27

1963

Question 28

When was the Education Act that called for job counsellors to work with students?

Answer 28

1958

Question 29

When was the Civil Rights Act?

Answer 29

1964

Question 30

When was the Economic Opportunity Act?

Answer 30

1964

Question 31

What book was written by Betty Friedman in 1963?

Answer 31

Feminine Mystique

Question 32

When was the National Organisation for Women setup?

Answer 32

1966 (fought for the enforcement of government legislation)

Question 33

Which two organisations were formed in 1968?

Answer 33

Federally Employed Women (FEW) and Women’s Equity Action League (WEAL)

Question 34

When was the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws setup?

Answer 34

1969

Question 35

When was the National Women’s Political Caucus setup?

Answer 35

1971

Question 36

Which National Magazine was started in 1968 that spoke for all groups regarding the rights of women?

Answer 36

Voice of the Women’s Liberation Movement

Question 37

The strike that occurred on 26 August 1970, marked the 50th anniversary of Women getting the vote. The strike called for three demands, what were they?

Answer 37

Free childcare, equal job opportunity, free abortion

Question 38

By what number did the membership of NOW increase between 1967 and 1974?

Answer 38

1,000 to 40,000

Question 39

Who setup the STOP ERA campaign in 1972?

Answer 39

Phillis Schlafy

Question 40

When did Johnson implement an executive order calling for affirmative action for federal employees and businesses?

Answer 40

1967

Question 41

When was the Eisenstadt v Baird case that allowed for the access to contraception?

Answer 41

1972

Question 42

In which 1973 case was abortion federally legalised?

Answer 42

Roe v Wade

Question 43

How many states still refused to ratify the Equal Rights Act in 1982 after it had been passed by congress in 1972?

Answer 43

15

Question 44

In what year did the USA not sign up to the United Nations policy of introducing non-discrimination against women in all aspects of life?

Answer 44

1979

Question 45

Which three organisations were setup that showed how the Women’s Rights movement had become fragmented?

Answer 45

Congress of Labor Union Women, Mexican American Women’s Organisation and the National Alliance of Black Feminists