I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor

1. I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor First I was afraidI was petrifiedKept thinking I could never livewithout you by my sideBut then I spent so many nightsthinking how you did me wrongBut I grew strongAnd I learned how to carry onand so you're backfrom outer spaceI just walked in to find you herewith that sad look upon your faceI should have changed that stupid lockI should have made you leave your keyIf I had known for just one secondyou'd be back to bother me It took all the strength I hadnot to fall apartkept trying hard to mendthe pieces of my broken heartand I spent oh so many nightsjust feeling sorry for myselfI used to cryNow I hold my head up highand you see mesomebody newI'm not that chained up little personstill in love with youand so you felt like dropping inand just expect me to be freenow I'm saving all my lovingfor someone who's loving me Alright now go walk out the doorjust turn around now'cause you're not welcome anymoreweren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbyeyou think I'd crumbleyou think I'd lay down and dieOh no, not II will surviveas long as I know how to loveI know I will stay aliveI've got all my life to liveI've got all my love to giveand I'll surviveI will survive Alright now go walk out the doorjust turn around now'cause you're not welcome anymoreweren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbyeyou think I'd crumbleyou think I'd lay down and dieOh no, not II will surviveas long as I know how to loveI know I will stay aliveI've got all my life to liveI've got all my love to giveand I'll surviveI will survive

2. Progression of the Women’s Movement 1848-Today Huffman, Danielle Cohen, Bianca Oguine, Stephanie Gordon, Samantha AP US, Period 2

3. Roots of the Movement • Although feminism gained wide prominence in the 1960s and 1970s, the women’s rights movement was established in the 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention. • 1918: Women’s suffrage is established with the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote in elections. • WW I: Women were allowed to be nurses in the Army Nursing Corps and participated in many ways to help win the war. • WW II: More women than ever were out of home, into the factories, onto the farms, and in auxilary units of the military.

4. Roots of the Movement (Cont.) • Women after WW II returned to domestic livelihood, yet some remained in the workforce earning only 1/3 of what men did. The lack of childcare and nursery schools, and the lack of government representation didn’t help the situation. • Women were shunned for furthering their education in any other way other than home economics. • Women were socially obligated by the media and society to be housewives who raised their children and cater to their husband’s needs. • “There is no overt anti-feminism in our society in 1964, not because sex equality has been achieved, but because there is practically no feminist spark left among American women” –Feminist and Sociologist Alice Rossi.

5. Trunk • Miss America Pageant demonstration in 1968 by “Radical Women” showed that women were outraged by the social/sexual standards that men and the media put upon them. • They all threw bras, girdles, curlers, false eyelashes, wigs, and other things they called ‘women’s garbage’ into a Freedom Trash Can • A sheep was crowned Miss America • Women demonstrated throughout the country for liberation along with anti-war marches. • 1968- “The Burial of Traditional Womanhood” • An anti-war meeting where woman paraded to the Arlington National Cemetery • Idea of Feminist focus grew

6. Branches WITCH ( Woman’s International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell) Protested treatment of female office workers NOW (National Organization for Women) the largest feminist organization in the United States  ‘Our purpose is to take action to bring women into full participation in society – sharing equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities with men, while living free from discrimination.’ WOW (World Organization for Women) Fought sex discrimination in various nations Has promoted women in math and science National Domestic Workers Union Assorted protests from female athletes, artists, journalists, and newspapers.

7. Leaders of the Movement • Margaret Sanger • Advocator of birth control and spreading related information • Dorothy Bolden • Founder of National Domestic Workers Union • Founders of NOW: • Betty Friedan, the author of The Feminine Mystique (1963) • Rev. Pauli Murray, the first African-American woman Episcopal priest • Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to run for president of the United States of America.  

8. Leaders Through Literature • Betty Friedan: author of The Feminine Mystique (1963) • Attacked the idea that living the stereotypical home life was the only way for women to find fulfillment • Helen Gurley Brown wrote numerous pieces that “redesigned the publication for young women,” including: • Sex and the Single Girl (1962) • Sex and the Office (1964) • “Women Alone” (Newspaper Column)

9. Going Against the Movement:Anti-Feminism • Anti-Feminist Phyllis Schlafly advocated stopping the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) because it “would undermine the American family by violating ‘the right of a wife to be supported by her husband.’” • “President Nixon vetoed a proposal to set up nationwide public day care, saying it would weaken the American family.” • The Catholic Church organized a grassroots movement to advocate the prevention of the legalization of abortion. • Feminists were blamed for the rising divorce rate. • ERA died in 1982; close to victory but still not enough state ratifications.

10. Leaves • “The Food and Drug Administration approves birth control pills.” (1960) • Equal Pay Act -Employers could not pay a woman less than a man for the same job. (1963) • “Title VII of the Civil Rights Act bars discrimination in employment on the basis of race and sex.” (1964) • President Johnson banned sex discrimination in federal employment. (1967) • Reed VS Reed (1971)- laws with dissimilar treatment of men and women are unconstitutional • Equal Rights Amendment (1972) • Title IX of the Education Amendments (1972) • Prohibited sex discrimination “in any federally assisted educational program or activity.”

11. Leaves (Cont.) • Roe VS Wade & Doe VS Bolton (1973) • “The state could prohibit abortions only in the last three months of pregnancy, that it could regulate abortion for health purposes during the second three months of pregnancy, and during the first three months, a woman and her doctor had the right to decide.” • Basically: “A woman’s decision to terminate a pregnancy was protected by the constitutional right of privacy.” • Repeal of Comstock Act • The Comstock Act originally made it illegal to send obscene information through the mail, “including contraceptive devices and information” and banned “the distribution of information on abortion for educational purposes.” • Frontiero vs. Richardson (1973) - military benefits can not be distributed based on gender • The Pregnancy Discrimination Act (1978) bans employment discrimination against pregnant women

12. Fruit of the Movement • Equal Rights Amendment •   a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution which was intended to guarantee that equal rights under any federal, state or local law could not be denied on account of sex. The ERA failed to gain ratification before its deadline and although it has been reintroduced in every Congress since 1982, public attention to it has greatly diminished. • Women now have almost equal wages to men • Women now more than ever before are entering college  • Women are more frequently going into the workforce more than remaining housewives

13. Fruit of the Movement (Cont.) • First woman jockey • Opportunities for women in athletics • Women’s studies programs and courses were being introduced to universities • “Woman also began to speak openly, for the first time, about the problem of rape.” • More cooperative child care centers were set up to help out • “For the first time…biological uniqueness of women was openly discussed.” • New information and understanding was spread

14. Derogatory Liberal Feminist Terms “victim feminism,” often wielded by the cabal of notorious antifeminist “feminists” … who argue that if women really want equal rights, they shouldn’t ask for special treatment. “Feminazi” a choice turn of phrase coined by that bastion of reason Rush Limbaugh that conjures the image of fascist gender terrorists who seek to control and police all aspects of men’s lives. Derogatory Radical Feminist Terms bra-burners libbers hairy-legged man-haters feminazis “radical feminists” Derogatory Pro-Sex Feminist Terms “Do-me feminism” Response to the supposed emergence of photogenic, unabashedly sexual feminists… sexually suggestive female musicians…and professional sex educators “Lipstick feminism.” Dead leaves all information above is directly quoted from: http://bitchmagazine.org/article/everything-about-feminism

15. Theme Song: “I Am Woman” by Helen Reddy If I have toI can face anythingI am strong (strong)I am invincible (invincible)I am womanI am woman watch me growSee me standing toe to toeAs I spread my lovin' arms across the landBut I'm still an embryoWith a long, long way to goUntil I make my brother understandOh, yes, I am wiseBut it's wisdom born of painYes, I've paid the priceBut look how much I gainedIf I have toI can face anythingI am strong (strong)I am invincible (invincible)I am womanOh, I am womanI am invincibleI am strongI am womanI am invincibleI am strongI am woman” “I am woman, hear me roarIn numbers too big to ignoreAnd I know too much to go back an' pretend'Cause I've heard it all beforeAnd I've been down there on the floorNo one's ever gonna keep me down againOh yes, I am wiseBut it's wisdom born of painYes, I've paid the priceBut look how much I gainedIf I have toI can do anythingI am strong (strong)I am invincible (invincible)I am womanYou can bend but never break me'Cause it only serves to make meMore determined to achieve my final goalAnd I come back even strongerNot a novice any longer'Cause you've deepened the conviction in my soul Oh, yes, I am wiseBut it's wisdom born of painYes, I've paid the priceBut look how much I gained

16. Theme Song: “These Boots Were Made for Walking” by Nancy Sinatra You keep saying you've got something for me.something you call love, but confess.You've been messin' where you shouldn't have been a messin'and now someone else is gettin' all your best. These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll doone of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you. You keep lying, when you oughta be truthin'and you keep losin' when you oughta not bet.You keep samin' when you oughta be changin'.Now what's right is right, but you ain't been right yet. These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll doone of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you. You keep playin' where you shouldn't be playinand you keep thinkin' that you´ll never get burnt.Ha! I just found me a brand new box of matches yeahand what he know you ain't HAD time to learn. Are you ready boots? Start walkin'!

17. Resources • A People’s History of the United States • Zinn, Howard • The American Pageant • Bailey, Cohen, Kennedy • Wikipedia • http://bitchmagazine.org/article/everything-about-feminism • http://www.lyricstime.com/helen-reddy-i-am-woman-lyrics.html • http://www.infoplease.com/

18. Freedom!!!