The Womens Movement

Question 1

What commission did Eleanor Roosevelt establish in 1960?

Answer 1

A commission to investigate the status of women in employment

Question 2

What did Eleanor roosevelts comission highlight?

Answer 2

• only 5% of company managers were women
• only 7% of doctors women
• 4% of lawyers
• paid 50-60% that of their male counterpart

Question 3

What book did Betty Friedan write in 1963 and what did it suggest?

Answer 3

BETTY FRIEDAN - ‘A Feminine Mystique’ - 1963

• more to life than being a housewife and mother
• called for women to reject this notion and instead pursue a career

Question 4

What organisation did BETTY FREIDAN establish in 1966 and what did it achieve?

Answer 4

National Organisation for Women - NOW - 1966

Mainly middle class women attacking obvious examples of discrimination. 40,000 members. Secured $30million to be given back to women as compensation for unequal pay

Question 5

What was the women’s liberation movement?

Answer 5

More radical feminists who were more activist in challenging discrimination

Question 6

What the did women’s lib movement do in 1968?

Answer 6

1968 - picketed Miss America beauty contest in Atlantic city, which degraded the position of women

Question 7

How was the woman’s liberation movement perceived?

Answer 7

Seen merely as a distraction from the central issues, which, according to some critics, brought ridicule to the movement

Question 8

ABORTION

What happened at the Roe vs Wade case?

Answer 8

ROE VS WADE
most prolific abortion case of the era, fought by feminist lawyer Sarah Weddinngton in defence of Norma McCorvey
She wanted an abortion as she already had 3 children taken into care
She won the case, leading to abortions becoming much more widely available

Question 9

ACHIEVEMENTS

1963

Answer 9

1963 Equal Pay Act

Brought equal pay for women but failed to address issue of discrimination against female job seekers

Question 10

ACHIEVEMENTS

1972

Answer 10

1972 Educational Amendment Act
Outlawed discrimination in education to allow girls to follow the same curriculum as boys, therefore providing greater career opportunities

Question 11

What did the Supreme Court rule?

Answer 11

That women and men would be seen as equal in the eyes of the law

Question 12

What did women achieve in terms of work?

Answer 12

Some began to work in traditionally male jobs such as law and medicine, and two career families began to replace the traditional set up of a male breadwinner and female housewife