Women's Rights Flashcards
3 Key Turning Points
- The 1960s
- Effect of WW1 and WW2 specifically
- Campaign for Prohibition and its repeal
Who was Betty Friedan?
- A key New Wave feminist
- Formed the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966 and wrote extensively on the subject of women’s rights
Why did she become controversial?
- She co-founded the 1969 National Organization for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL)
- This emphasized the division caused over abortion and the right to life/woman’s body
What broader acts helped?
- 1963 Equal Pay Act eventually saw women earning 98% of men’s wages
- 1964 Civil Rights Act promoted equality
When was the Burial of True Womanhood?
1968
How many women found work during WW1?
1 million
What changed between 1940 and 1945?
5 million more women in work
Second incomes became accepted
Was the 19th Amendment of 1920 a success?
- Not particularly
- Most women still voted through their husband
- Separate Spheres was still very strong
What did the New Deal provide?
- Social Security Act 1935
- Aid to Dependent Children 1935
- Fair Labor Standards Act 1938
- None of this was particularly cut and funding was cut during WW2 and beyond.
Who were the Flappers?
- An early feminist group
- Formed by middle-class women during the Roaring Twenties
Who was Margaret Sanger?
- An activist who opposed the Comstock Laws banning contraception
- They were overturned in 1938
- Her first birth control clinic in 1916 in New York was closed but she founded one legally in 1923 after the formation of the American Birth Control League (ABCL)
Why was temperance divisive?
-Most women saw the home as their sphere and wanted to protect it
What was the Women’s Christian Temperance Union?
A group founded in 1973 (WCTU) to promote temperance and prohibition
When was the 18th Amendment brought in?
1918
When was the 21st Amendment brought in?
1933
Which group pressed for the removal of prohibition?
Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform (WONPR)
