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Women Fight for Equality (A New Women's Movement Arises (Feminism-…
Women Fight for Equality
A New Women's Movement Arises
Feminism- women should have economic, political, and social equality with men
National Organization for Women (NOW)- Group of women trying to pursue women's goals
Gloria Steinem- journalist, political activist, and ardent supporter of the women's liberation movemnt
Equal Rights Movement (ERA)- Another women's movement trying to get equal rights
The Movement Experiences Gains and Losses
A Diverse Movement- NOW's ranks swell to 175,000 members
The Creation of Now- Gained strength in the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Legal and Social Gains- women began to question all sorts of gender bases distinctions
Roe vs. Wade- women's right to have an abortion
The Movement's Legacy
women's movement clashed most dramatically over the ERA
Women's conventional roles their attitudes toward career and family
succeeded in expanding career opportunities for women
1983 women held 13.5 percent of elected state offices as well as 24 seats in the U.S. Congress
Women In The Workplace
1950 - one out of three worked for wages
By 1960 That increased by 40 percent
women were paid less than men even when doing the same jobs
publicized facts awaken many women to their unequal status in society