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Unit 11
Expanding Equality, 1960’s
and Vietnam
Unit 11
Women’s Liberation Movement
During the 1960s gains achieved by the Civil Rights movement spread to women
-Led to the emergence of the Women’s Liberation (Feminist) Movement
-wanted social and economic equality -objected to the traditional roles of women-wanted equal access to careers and equal pay to men
Woman’s Liberation Movement
Women’s movement is led by Betty Friedan who wrote Feminine Mystique (1963)
-She challenged the stereotype of middle-class suburban housewives and wanted them to compete for the same jobs as men
-She formed the National Organization of Women (NOW), which became the lead voice for the women’s movement
Woman’s Liberation Movement
Achievements of the Women’s Liberation Movement
-more women into college attending and working-Equal Pay Act-required equal pay for men and
women doing the same job
Woman’s Liberation Movement
Title IX (1972)--promoted gender equality in high school and college education, greatly expanded the numbers and opportunities for women
-End of Sexist language (Ms. Replaces Mrs./Miss)-Roe v Wade (1973)-- Supreme Court outlaws state
regulation of abortion, women have the right to privacy and the right to choose.
Woman’s Liberation Movement
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