Womans Movement

Question 1

Who approved the contraceptive pill and when was it approved?

Answer 1

The American Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

11 May 1960

Question 2

After what year did the baby bust occur

Answer 2

1963

Question 3

Name the author, the year and the books name that was published which launched the second wave movement.

Answer 3

“The Feminine Mystique”
Betty Friedan
1963

Question 4

What organization did Friedan establish and what did it focus on?

Answer 4

The National Organization for Woman (NOW)

Focused on education and childcare

Question 5

What radical woman’s organization was formed in 1967 and by who?

Answer 5

New York Radical Woman

S.Firestone, R.Morgan and C. Hanicsh

Question 6

What did the New York Radical woman boycott and when did they boycott it?

Answer 6

Miss America Beauty pageant

7 September 1968

Question 7

What organization was formed for the repeal of abortion laws and when was it formed?

Answer 7

National association football r the repeal of abortion laws (NARAL)
1969

Question 8

What organization was formed in demand for equality for woman in education and in the workplace?

Answer 8

Woman’s liberation Movement (WLM)

1970

Question 9

Why did the woman’s movement appear unsuccessful?

Answer 9

Woman were earning 59cents to every dollar earned by males and that was a decline since 1960,

Question 10

What successes existed in the woman’s movement in the 1970s?

Answer 10

Equal pay act passed in 1970 (Britain)

Equal Rights amendment 1972 (USA)

Equal opportunity act passed in 1974 (USA)

Rape criminalized in USA and Britain in 1970s

Woman able to attend college 1978 (USA)