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Women's factors (Women's organisations (National women's party…
Women's factors
Women's organisations
- the American equal rights association 1866
- the Women's Christian Temperance Union (1874)
- The national American Woman suffrage Association (1890)
- The national association of coloured women
promoted women's suffrage
2 large organisations merged under Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony in 1890 to form the National American suffrage association
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Betty Friedan, in her 1963 book "The feminine mystique" and her formation of the National organisation for women in 1966, urged women to play a full role in the public sector
The Women's crusade (1873) and Women's Christian Temperance union (1874) aimed to pressure the fed govt to enact prohibition - S
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Margaret Sanger in 1921 est the American Birth control league and the first legal birth clinic in 1923 with the financial backing from John D Rokerfeller. However, it only had 10 branches in 8 states
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In the late 1960's, "new" feminists such as the National organisation for women (1966) were slow to see the potential for the pill for the advancement of womens rights, however they did act as a pressure group for more research and set up contraception and health centres for women and the press by NOW for the right to an abortion, such as founding the National organisation for the repeal of Abortion laws in 1969 - more successful after Roe V Wade (1973)
"Ms" Magazine, edited by Gloria Steinem (1972) exposed the extent of rape and domestic violence and in 1976 published a front page with a pic of a women with a bruised face
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"in 1950/60's, "new" feminism emerged, which aimed to gain equal pay
In August 1970, a Women's strike for equality in NY demanded equal pay, HOWEVER... it didn't have enough support
Women TU's - E
Women's TU league campaigned for ending sweatshop conditions and establishing an 8hr day and min wage
The Coalition of Labour Union Women (est 1974) encouraged more women to join trade unions and campaigned for the strengthening of the role of women in the workplace
Economic/Societal shifts
The space race, in 1950's meant that the US expanded educational provision, esp in uni's
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LIMITED:
- in 1936, a Gallup poll suggested that 82% of Americans were opposed to women working
- After WW2 there were fewer opportunities in pro occupations, where as the number of men in pro occupations increased by 40%
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In the early 1960's, the idea of a second income was becoming more acceptable due to families wanting more disposable income
Men and employers
Dominated politics, and disliked the idea of women voting and having influence - p
By the late 1860's, male-run medical colleges had strict controls on the number of women they admitted and allowed to graduate, largely due to opposition from male physicians
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some women exploited by employers who bought old tenement buildings and obliged their workers to live there. These overcrowded apartments became sweatshops where women worked for long hours for little pay
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grassroots women
LIMITATIONS
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In 1968, only 20 women put themselves forward for election to congress. However, the number of women standing for elections doubled between 1974 and 1994 - P
In 1929, a violent strike to defend women's rights in the workplace in N Carolina led to the deaths of 6 women
HELP
After Colorado granted women the right to vote in 1894, 78% of eligible women turned out to vote at the election the following year, compared to only 56% of men - P
the % of women who supported feminists increased from 37% in 1970 to 72% in 1985 - this was higher among AA's
In 1945, 75% of women who worked in WW2 wanted to remain employed
State govt
LIMITATION
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during the depression, 26 states intro laws which banned married women from working
HELP
In 1895, 3 women became the first female members of a state house of representatives, all in Colorado due to the recent granting of the vote for women there - P
In 1896, Martha Hughes Cannon, was the first women to be elected as a state senator - P
By 1900, 4 states had given women the right to vote
By 1918 this rose to 20 - P
By 1992, 19/100 of US's big cities had female mayors - P
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by 1900, states passed legislation modelled after NY's married women's property act (1848) which allowed women to own property in their own name
Opposition organisations
The right to abortion opposed in 70/80's by Phyllis Schlafly and the National right to life committee, and by attacks on abortion clients and even the murder of doctors who carried out abortions
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Media
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Positive
in 1968, the national media covered racial feminists who publicly crowned a sheep at the Miss World competition
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