The Feminist Movement

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The Feminist Movement

• Ch. 26.2

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Objectives

• Describe the workplace concerns that fueled the
  growth of the womens movement.
• Identify major achievements of the women's
  movement

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Roots of the Movement

• Dissatisfaction with home life
• Known ability to work through WWII
• Lower pay and unequal jobs to men
• Feminism-belief that men women should be equal
  politically, economically, and socially
• I. Womens Movement Reawakens
• A. Workplace Rights
• 1. Pres. Comm. On Status of Women
• a. Equal Pay Act
• b. Title VII (Civil Rights Act 1964)

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The Feminine Mystique

• II. Feminine Mystique
• A. Betty Friedan (pg.808)
• 1. consciousness raising sessions
• B. The Time is N.O.W.
• 1. Natl Organization for Women
• a. goals
• - women in college
• - women in male dominated jobs
• b. Ms.

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Successes and Failures

• III. Successes and Failures
• A. Kathy Streibel
• 1. Title IX (Ed. Amend.)
• B. Roe v. Wade (1973)
• I. Abortion illegal until 60s
• a. Decision
• first trimester protected under privacy
• Second state regulation (health basis)
• Third banned unless health emergency

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Impact of Womens Movement

• Women w/ college degrees
• Women w/ careers
• -began two-career families