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Post WWII Feminism

Post WWII Feminism. AP US History. Context to 1945. 1. The American Revolution and Republican Motherhood 2. The Cult of Domesticity 3. 1848 Seneca Falls Convention 4. Industrial Era: working (jobs and conditions), social stress

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Post WWII Feminism

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  1. Post WWII Feminism AP US History

  2. Context to 1945 • 1. The American Revolution and Republican Motherhood • 2. The Cult of Domesticity • 3. 1848 Seneca Falls Convention • 4. Industrial Era: working (jobs and conditions), social stress • 5. Progressive Era: political action, voting, prohibition, reproductive rights, Muller v. Oregon • 6. 1920s Social Change • 7. WWII Economic and Social Change

  3. Post WWII Cult of Domesticity • According to Betty Friedan, by the end of the 1950s: • The average marriage age had dropped to 20 • 14 million girls were engaged by 17 • Women attending college had dropped from 47% in 1920 to 35% in 1958 • 60% of women dropped out of college to get married (Ph. T – Putting Husband Through) • Families continued to have many children

  4. Starting a New MovementBetty Friedan – The Feminine Mystique (1963)

  5. Economics A) Equal Pay Act of 1963 & Impact B) Civil Rights Act of 1964 & Impact Reproductive Rights A) Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) B) Roe v. Wade (1973) Opportunity A) Nixon Day Care Veto (1971) B) Title IX (1972) Equal Rights Amendment (1970s) A) Against – Phyllis Schlafly B) For – Audrey Tjepkema Politics A) Sandra Day O’Connor B) Hillary Clinton

  6. Practice DBQ Question • Evaluate the causes of the rise of a feminist movement during the period 1940-1975.

  7. Roe v. Wade (1973) • Background: • Jane Roe (pseudonym) wanted to have an abortion, but Texas law prohibited abortions unless it was rape or incest. • Legal Questions: • Can states prohibit abortion? • Legal Decision: • No (7-2) • Impact: • Legalizes abortion in all states. Continues to be a controversial decision as Pro-Choice and Pro-Life sides battle over the issue in the “culture wars.”

  8. Practice SAQ a) Briefly explain a similarity between feminism in the period 1880-1920 and feminism in the period 1960-1975. b) Briefly explain a difference between feminism in the period 1880-1920 and feminism in the period 1960-1975. c) Briefly explain the reason for either A or B.

  9. Practice Q Evaluate differences between feminism in the period 1880-1920 and feminism in the period 1960-1975. Context: • Antebellum America – Seneca Falls Convention • Reconstruction – 14th/15th Amendments not applying to women, Susan B. Anthony Differences: • Causes: Republican Motherhood/Voting Denial v. 1950 Domesticity (Post WW2 Suburbs, Baby Boom) • Goals: Suffrage (Stanton, NAWSA, Catt, Paul), Prohibition (Willard, WCTU) v. Social Equality (Friedan, Equal Pay, Job Discrimination, School Funding) or Political Power/Representation • Outcomes: 19th Amendment (clear achievement) v. laws w/ limited effectiveness (Equal Pay Act, Civil Rights Act, Equal Rights Amendments) Complexity: Opposite • Reproductive Rights (Sanger, ABL/PP) v. Abortion Rights (Roe), Contraceptives (Griswold) • Legislation: 19th Amendment v. Equal Pay Act, Civil Rights Act, Title IX • Cult of Domesticity (Victorian Dress & “Responsibilities”) v. Cult of Domesticity (Suburban Moms, Baby Boom) • Complexity: Synthesis • African American Civil Rights (Abolition v. Reconstruction v. Civil Rights Era)

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