Women's Movement

Civil Rights Act 1954

opportunities expanded

Title VII outlawed discrimination in the work place

Equal Employment Opportunity Comission enforce the federal prohibition on job discrimination

Higher Education Act banned discrimination in the workplace

Roe v. Wade assured women the right to an abortion

women in the workplace has grown 30% in the 1950's to more than 60% in 2000

most of the nations poor people are single women (lowest paying jobs, fewer benefits)

Pink Collar jobs- jobs that women dominate typically and pay less

Glass ceiling- the resistance and things women do not have that they can see that men have

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) forces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination

Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) unconstitutional to discriminate against any applicant

Commission on the Status of Women promotes gender equality and the empowerment of women

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

second wave feminism- political, social, and economic equality of men and women

gender equality

more opportunities than just a housewife

equal treatment in the workplace between men and women

Consciousness raising focuses the attention on a bigger group of the same condition

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

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

Sandra Day O'Connor- first US supreme court Justice