womens movement Flashcards
1
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feminine mystique
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explored position and role of women and raised case for equality
2
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cause of women movement
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- inequality
- increased desire for gadjets
- development of pill
3
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why did people oppose movement
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- believed in traditional roles
- opposition to abortion
- negtive publicitity
- STOP, oppposition groupps set up
4
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achievements
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- equal pay
- NOW won several court cases
- discrimination of gender made illegal
- abortion
5
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limitations
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- number of women in management low
- sexism
- equal pay still issue
6
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phyllis Schlafly
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anti-feminist compaigner, she was pro life
- made speeches
- created STOP
7
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Equal pay act
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1963
women still earned 2/3 of men
- supported by Eleanor roosevelt
8
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National orgnaisation for Women (NOW)
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- created to attract and put pressure on gov
- betty friedan first president
- demanded for equal rights
- 40,000 members
- protested, marched, strikes
9
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equal rights amendment
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- passed in 1972
- STOP delayed ratification
- ERA still not in US law
10
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womens liberation movement
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- more radical aims
- protests were agressive eg. Miss America
- negative
- created discussions on work and education
11
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roe v. wade
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- 1970 to 1973
- argued a 21 yr old had right to abortion
- many states made it very difficult to get an abortion
