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Womens Rights 1960's and 70's

Problems/Motivators

Successes

  • 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
  • Title IX (increased education opprotunities)
  • More women wanted to join politics
  • Unity and empowerment in women
  • Voting Rights (LBJ)

Failures

  • Equal Rights Amendment not ratified
  • Persistent gender pay gap

Strategies for Change

  • National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966
  • Legal action (Title IX 1972) which banned gender discrimination in education
  • Womens Strike for Equality

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)

Main Leaders

  • Betty Friedman
  • Gloria Steinem (founder of Ms. Magazine)
  • Shirley Chisholm (first black women elected congress)
  • Bella Abzug (politican)