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Women's Movement

During the mid-20th century, the women's movement gained momentum, focusing on achieving gender equality in various spheres of life. Notable figures like Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan played pivotal roles in advocating for women'

Women's Movement

Women's Movement

Leaders

Sandra Day O'Connor- first US supreme court Justice
Gloria Steinem- was under treatment of humiliation. She wanted to protect social custom of identity. Wanted women to be seen as hard workers and individuals. Created by Gloria Ms magazine was about feminist issues and how to interview for a job
Betty Friedan established the National Organization for Women (NOW) which is "true equality for all women" and "full and equal partnership of the sexes". It broke down discrimination and attacked stereotypes. Feminine Mystique was written by her credited for sparking the second wave feminism

Goals

Consciousness raising focuses the attention on a bigger group of the same condition
equal treatment in the workplace between men and women
more opportunities than just a housewife
gender equality
second wave feminism- political, social, and economic equality of men and women

Resistance

Phyllis Schlafly- denounced women's liberation, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which guarantees gender equality under the law, fell 3 states in the ratification process for becoming a constitutional amendment under her support. She thought it would ruin the family, it would be unconstitutional to have single sex bathrooms and women might be drafted in the military

Lasting Effects

Commission on the Status of Women promotes gender equality and the empowerment of women
Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) unconstitutional to discriminate against any applicant
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) forces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination
Glass ceiling- the resistance and things women do not have that they can see that men have
Pink Collar jobs- jobs that women dominate typically and pay less
most of the nations poor people are single women (lowest paying jobs, fewer benefits)
women in the workplace has grown 30% in the 1950's to more than 60% in 2000
Roe v. Wade assured women the right to an abortion
Higher Education Act banned discrimination in the workplace
Equal Employment Opportunity Comission enforce the federal prohibition on job discrimination
Title VII outlawed discrimination in the work place
opportunities expanded
Civil Rights Act 1954