women protests Flashcards
what is an example of how women were discriminated against in the work place ?
airlines would sack women if they were over 32 and married - they were scolded for this by congresswomen Martha Griffis
who was Betty Fredian ?
she wrote the feminine mystique in 1963 and described women to be living in a comfortable concentration camp
- she was an comitted activist
- started the organisation NOW
when was NOW founded?
1966 - National organisation for women
why was NOW founded?
they were angry that the civil rights bill refused to enforce title VII that stopped discrimination based on sex
what were NOW’s tactics?
- litigation
- political pressures
- public information campaigns
- protesting
what did some women do during protests?
- dumped their children on their husbands desks
what happened in 1960 (later on in the period) to the women’s focus?
they focused more on women’s liberation rather than equal opportunity.
who were the mian radical leaders of the movement?
- Jo Freeman
- Shluasmith Firestone
- Ti-grace Atkinson
what did freeman and firestone in 1967?
the attended a meeting in Chicago which was discussing new politics and conference william pepper said “move on little girl we have more important issues to talk about than women’s liberation”
what did william pepper’s comments to freeman and firesto
it encouraged them to set up a newsletter the “voice of womens liberation movement “ to create awareness
where did the first meeting for the womens lib movement take place?
Chicago
how many women felt discriminated against by 1974?
2/3 of women
what did the dilect of sex 1970 include?`
vitro fertilisation to free women of their biological determined position
why did Attkinsson split away from the NOW movement?
she set up the feminists of New York, this is due to she thought the movement had lost its meaning as women were becoming more free with their bodies which she felt favoured males.
what examples of disunity within the movement are there?
- some felt that Attkinson and firestone were too radical and making the public less sympathetic to their cause
- an example of radical action was the 1968 invasion of a beauty pagent werethey through stink bombs and burnt “womes trash” such as makeup
- some females disagreed with the demand for abortion to be legalised
- radical lesbians resented the lack of support for the lesbian community.
