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The mixed success of the women’s movement in the 1960s and 1970s

The mixed success of the women’s movement in the 1960s and 1970s. Introduction: factors that led to changing attitudes. Civil rights movement Women almost 50 per cent of workforce by 1960 Status Commission showed inequality in workplace, e.g. women earned 50–60 per cent of men’s wages

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The mixed success of the women’s movement in the 1960s and 1970s

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  1. The mixed success of the women’s movement in the 1960s and 1970s

  2. Introduction: factors that led to changing attitudes • Civil rights movement • Women almost 50 per cent of workforce by 1960 • Status Commission showed inequality in workplace, e.g. women earned 50–60 per cent of men’s wages • New attitudes, e.g. The Feminine Mystique • Equal Pay Act, 1963 • Civil Rights Act, 1964

  3. The women’s movement Positive achievements • Foundation of NOW, 1966 • NOW membership 40,000 by early 1970s • Co-operation between women’s groups • Court cases led to $30 million back pay to women

  4. Positive achievements ‘Consciousness-raising’ groups Bra burning Protests against Miss World contest Less positive factors Concern that they were not taken seriously Media interested for wrong reasons ‘Women’s Lib’

  5. Why this was an issue Abortion illegal in the USA Feminists saw this as discrimination against women How the right to abortion was secured Estelle Grisworldcourt case, 1965 Roe vs Wade case, 1970–1973 Roe vs Wade case led to abortion becoming freely available Abortion

  6. The main arguments used by opponents of feminism Feminists devalued the traditional role of women Feminists denied the rights of the unborn child Positive woman Feminists had not improved economic conditions for women The successes they had Defeated ERA Opposition to feminism

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