Woman 1960
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- Created on: 28-04-17 08:05
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- Woman 1960
- reasons for woman's Movement.
- WW2 gave them new roles and opportunities they wanted more of this
- Contraceptive pill gave them more freedom.
- Woman reacted against 1950 ideas of woman as wives and mothers.
- Woman more educated and wanted to start a career or job.
- National Organisation of Woman (NOW) started in 1966 by Betty Friedan.
- Abortion - they believed they had the right to chose whether or not to have a baby.
- How woman protested.
- what they wanted.
- 1. Equal Pay to men
- 2. opportunities to get top jobs.
- 3. Child care for working parents.
- 4. Action against male sexism.
- went on marches and organised petitions, appeals to the supreme court, demonstrations.
- some believed that not wearing make-up was an act of protest.
- Others did more harm then good
- what they wanted.
- What they achieved ?
- Equal pay act 1963 for men and woman.
- Civil rights act 1964 banned discrimination on gender, NOW won lots of court cases.
- Education Amendment act 1972 - girls could follow same curriculum as boys.
- Roe vs Wade case 1973, the supreme court ruled that abortion was legal.
- reasons for woman's Movement.
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