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Women 1945-80 - Coggle Diagram
Women 1945-80
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The ERA 1972
- Feminists biggest role as it would guarantee equal rights across every social, economic and political aspect
- Proposed but unratified and never passed
- Central underlying principle was that sex should not determine the legal rights of men or women
PHYLLIS SCHAFELY:
- Started 'STOP ERA' claiming the majority did not want all the aims of feminists to occur
- Attracted 50,000 members
- Many conservative states agreed with her
Suburbs
- 1948-58 11m out of 30m homes were suburban
- By 1960, 33% of Americans were suburban
- Many schools expelled pregnant students and fired single pregnant teachers
- 18/50 states refused to allow female jurors
- In 1947, Modern Woman: the lost sex stated science explained that women could only achieve fulfilment only by accepting their natural functions as wives and mothers
Young Radicals
- Members- Educated, middle- class and white
- Aims- Opposing sexist oppression and cultural practises that objectified women
- Tactics- 'consciousness- rasing' meetings in colleges that raised awareness of gender inequality. Linked marriage to slavery and called the suburbs 'comfortable concentration camps'
- Methods- disrupted Miss America pagents, stopped wearing bras and makeup- 'they raise your morals andnjudge your ass'
Gloria Steinem
- Founded NOW with Betty Friedan
- Journalist and wrote 'I was a playboy bunny' and spoke of the sexualisation of women in various industries
- Battled the 'Mrs' and 'Miss' therefore creating 'Ms' and created the 'Ms Magazine' which highlighted female problems of the time. Notably the 'Battered Wives' edition that showcased a close-up of a woman's face bruised bringing light to domestic abuse and female abuse at the hands of men and their husbands
- First edition in 1982 where she discussed the problems of getting abortions- she had to travel to London to get her abortion
- Argues men are oppressed by patriarchy as they are expected to provide for everything
1970s
- 40% of marriages ended in divorce
- New attitudes to work, sex, family and personal freedom
- Although by 1980, social, economic and political standards were improved but not equal