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Women and Student in the USA
Life for Women in the 1950s
Useless, Unwanted, Obedient, Emotional
Only 38% of all women went to work
Only 38% of all women went to university
98% of employed women worked in domestic services
Only 14% of women were managers
During the 2nd world war 6 million women worked in factories supplying front line
In 1920 the US Congress passed the 19th amendment where women had the same voting rights as men
After the 2nd world war most women returned to their jobs
Why did women protest
Major factors that influenced women's liberation was Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Friedan and WW2
Eleanor Roosevelt influenced President Kennedy to establish the commission on the status of women
From the commission they found out that out of all women only 7% doctors, 4% lawyers and earned 50% of what men earned
Betty Friedan published her book feminine mystique in 1963 and she found out education women were bored
The National organisation for women was established in June 1966 with Betty Friedan as their President
NOW has 40,000 members by 1970
NOW engaged in sit-ins, marches, strikes and leaflets to protest
50,000 people took part in the 5th Avenue protest in New York
The NOW bill of rights included maternity cover, Jobs being protected after child birth and cheaper child care for working parents
The Women's liberation movement believe that they should be liberated from the society
Some of the aggressive methods of the Women's liberation movement were in 1968 Miss America Inccident
Women's Liberation got negative media because of crowning a sheep Miss America
Women's lib also had discussion groups in 1974 at a local level
Effectiveness of Women's movement
The TWO main reasons for making abortion legal was to give women a right to make their own choice with her own body and to avoid backstreet alley abortions. The first state to do this was New York then Oregon, Hawaii, California, Alaska and Washington followed
In 1970 there was a court case (Roe vs Wade) where Roe wanted an abortion because she already had two children and put them up for adoption.
In 1973 the law was passed by the Supreme court with 72 votes
It is illegal for abortions to take place after the 24th week of pregnancy
38 states was needed to ratify the equal rights amendment
Phyllis Schlafly (Catholic) was the leader of the oppostion (Stop ERA) she objected the movement and wanted to delay it because she believed women were supposed to be at home and that it changes the sense of family. She was also Anti women in military. She was successful in delaying it until 1983
The TWO laws that were passed in the 70s to help Women's rights were the 1972 educational amendment act and Roe vs Wade
In comparison to 1950 were there were only 28% of working women when in 1980 it went up to 40%
Students
America got involved in the Vietnam war because they wanted to stop communism there. People were shocked from the war because it was the first war to show color on tv and the amount of destruction involved. This provoked students to rebel against the government
The 1960 draft lottery was when you were selected to go to war according to your birthdate
The Berkley Free Speech Movement was created in California in 1964 led by Mario Savio to fight the KKK and to defend Women's Liberation. The BFSM was connected to CORE
The BSFM protested using methods like sit-ins and marches
On Nov 4th 6,000 students had sit-ins and were attacked and 750 arrested by the police. After this the leaders of the groups were put into jails for 1-4 months
Non-comfomity was an idea put in by hippies were they didn't what society would want you to do
The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was created in 1960 by Tom Hayden and they fought for Anti-Vietnam. They had 100,000 members by the end of the 60s
The SDS protested using demonstrations, Marches and Sit-ins and they also attacked private property
In April 1967 there was a 'Ten days of resistance where 1 million students went on strike