Women Flashcards
What were the aims of the woman’s rights movement?
Economic equality
Political equality
Greatly improved social rights e.g. reproductive, martial, sexual
Cultural shift about attitudes towards women
What methods were used in the woman’s rights movement?
Marches Protests Petitions Voting (later on) Organisations Lobbying Supreme court Active roles, e.g. getting jobs and setting examples
What were the barriers to the woman’s rights movement?
Weak economic base - dependence on men Weak position Vs men Constitutional sexism Lower public profile Active opposition groups Discrimination Vs AA and NA women Divisions within movement Social attitudes - cult of domesticity
Political
Reproductive Rights
Comstock laws 1873: makes info about birth control illegal
1916 Margaret Sanger: arrested for opening birth control clinic
1969 FDA approved pill for married women
1973 Supreme Court: pregnancy can be terminated within first 3 months
Political
Fight for equality
1890 NWSA merged with AWSA to form NAWSA
1920 19th Amendment: right to vote
1972 Equal Rights Amendment resolution by Martha Griffiths: exempted women from draft
Political
Woman in power
Frances Willard founded WCTU in 1874: had 800,000 members 1920
Frances Perkins secretary for labour and member of cabinet 1933
Martha Griffiths pushed for equal rights amendment in 1972
Economic
Amount of women working
1870 13% unmarried women working
But 1900 number of working women trebled from 1870 with 949,000 women working as teachers, librarians etc
1989 73.8% married women in workforce
Economic
Women’s pay
1865 vastly unequal pay: 65% less than men
Despite WW2, pay gap between men and women increased 1945-1960
1992 some women earning 98% of men’s rate of pay
Economic
Women’s jobs
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Socio-cultural
Cult of domesticity
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Socio-cultural
Woman breaking stereotypes
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