Women's liberation

Question 1

When was the fiminine mystique published?

Answer 1

1963

Question 2

Timeline: 1967

Answer 2

-Executive Order 11375 outlaws sexual discrimination in companies working for the government-Weeks v. Southern Bell results in first successful prosecution of sexist practice in the workplace

Question 3

Timeline: 1968

Answer 3

-‘The Institution of Sexual Intercourse’ published-New York Radical Women (NYRW) protest against the Miss World pageant

Question 4

Women’s problems and feminist solutions) Economic: employment opportunities 1960 fact

Answer 4

1960 –> 23 mil women in workforce 1940 –> 18 mil women in workforcemeaning3/5 women above 16 not at work

Question 5

Women’s problems and feminist solutions) Economic: income 1960 fact

Answer 5

working women earned 57% of a working MANZ salary avg. income for MANZ $27,000avg. income for WENCH $15,000

Question 6

Women’s problems and feminist solutions) Economic: unpaid work 1960 fact

Answer 6

women responsible for 79% of Americas unpaid worknotably most women with a job were also unpaid family workers

Question 7

Comparison of wage gap between women and men in 1963 and 1963?

Answer 7

Bigger wage gap in 1969 than in 1963

Question 8

When and by who was NOW founded?

Answer 8

1966, Betty Friedan

Question 9

When was Weeks Vs Southern Bell?

Answer 9

1967

Question 10

What was the NYRW’s most famous protest?

Answer 10

protest against the Miss World pageant in 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 remember 1968 1968