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Madison Price
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Where are we today?
- Sexual harrassment continues (#MeToo movement)
- Lack of women representives in politics
- Equal pay issue (women earns 82 cents for every dollar earned by a man)
- Equal Rights Amendment not ratified
- Persistent gender pay gap
Failures
- Title IX (increased education opprotunities)
- More women wanted to join politics
- Unity and empowerment in women
- Voting Rights (LBJ)
Successes
- Betty Friedman
- Gloria Steinem (founder of Ms. Magazine)
- Shirley Chisholm (first black women elected congress)
- Bella Abzug (politican)
Main Leaders
- National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966
- Legal action (Title IX 1972) which banned gender discrimination in education
- Womens Strike for Equality
Strategies for Change
- Workplace Inequality
- Civil Rights Movement
- Publication of "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Freidan which challenged traditional gender roles
- Lack of legal protections against sexual harrassment and domestic violence