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Bell Work

Bell Work. What was the role of a husband in the 1950s? What was the role of a wife in the 1950s? What are expectations of women today?. Objectives. Be able to identify key figures in the women’s rights movements Identify laws that have been passed in women’s favor

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Bell Work

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  1. Bell Work • What was the role of a husband in the 1950s? • What was the role of a wife in the 1950s? • What are expectations of women today?

  2. Objectives • Be able to identify key figures in the women’s rights movements • Identify laws that have been passed in women’s favor • Identify a women’s activist group and what it did • Identify modern issues women face today

  3. Start of the women’s movement • The civil rights struggle of the 1960s prompted women to examine their roles and rights in society • Started to reject stereotypes • Became more aware of how they were being discriminated • Sought for equality in jobs • http://youtu.be/8zTDbpxT8ZI

  4. Betty Friedan • In 1963, a journalist, and housewife, Betty Friedan, wrote The Feminine Mystique • Helped to launch the feminist movement • Helped to establish NOW, National Organization for Women

  5. NOW • Attacked stereotypes and identified two main priorities • Passage of the ERA, equal rights amendment • Protecting women’s reproductive rights • Key objective was to achieve “true equality for all women.”

  6. Equal Rights Amendment • A proposed Constitutional amendment to guarantee equality between men and women • Conservative viewpoints • Phyllis Schlafly=hurt families and allow military to draft housewives • This amendment did fail

  7. Legal Progress • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Outlawed sexual discrimination in employment • Educational Amendments Act • Outlawed sexual discrimination in higher education • Title IX “no person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under and educational program or activity…”

  8. A new generation • Gloria Steinem • Journalist • Smith College Grad • Political column • Wrote a feminist column in New York magazine • National Women’s Political Caucus • 1971 • Encouraged women to run for political offices • Steinem also help found the Coalition of Labor Union Women and Women vs. Pornography

  9. Legal Cases • Roe v. Wade • 1973 • Granted women the right to legal abortions • Before law, most states outlawed or restricted abortions • Still controversial today

  10. Modern Issues • Lilly Ledbetter Act • Law states that the 180-day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit regarding pay discrimination resets with each new paycheck affected by that discriminatory action • Glass Ceiling effect • Unseen, yet unbreakable barrier that keeps women and minorities from rising to the top of the corporate ladder.

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