Women Flashcards
What did the 1964 CRA include
Sexual equality as well as racial equality
1963 Betty Friedan book
1963 “The Feminine Mystique”
When was NOW established
set up in 1966
Membership of NOW
1967- 1,000 members
1979- 100,000 members
What were the Young Radicals mostly made up of
Predominantly under 30, white, middle class and college educated
Magazine that spread women’s liberation movement
1968- “Voice of the Women’s Liberation Movement”
Women Strike
1970- took part in country wide marches ‘Don’t Iron while the Strike is Hot’
Kate Millet Book
“Sexual Politics” 1970
Conservative reaction to women liberation movement
Rejected- saw it as un-american
Phyllis Schlafly objected to demands of the ERA set up the group STOP ERA
When was the Equal Pay Act
1963
Executive Order for Women
Johnson’s Executive Order 11375 (1967) banning gender discrimination in federal employment
Cases that helped women
- Joan Little’s landmark case (1975)
- Roe v Wade 1973
Women’s wages 1980
Remained 63% of men’s wages, despite the 1963 Equal Pay Act
‘STOP ERA’
1972 established by Phyllis Schaffly 50,000 members
What campaigned against abortion
National Right to Life Committee set up in 1967
