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1960s

Movement. Womens. 1960s. Liberation. “Feminism is the radical notion that women are people”. Paula Treichier. Ebony Solomons. Second-wave feminism.

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1960s

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  1. Movement Womens 1960s Liberation “Feminism is the radical notion that women are people”. Paula Treichier Ebony Solomons

  2. Second-wave feminism • Successfully addressed a wide range of issues, including unofficial inequalities, official legal inequalities, sexuality, family, the workplace and reproductive rights. • The movement is believed to have begus in 1963, when “MOTHER OF THE MOVEMENT” Betty Friedan published her bestseller.

  3. Rising women’s liberation movement in the radical 1960s • The gains women made – legal abortion, easier divorce, freedom to express our sexuality and the principle of equal pay • between 1960 and 1965 there was a 57 percent increase in women being awarded degrees in the US

  4. Timeline of key events • 1960s- The oral contraceptive pills were made available. • 1961-President Kennedy makes women's rights a key issue of the New Frontier. Sex and the Single Girl book is written. • 1963- 20 years after its first proposed, the Equal Pay Act establishes equality of pay for men and women performing equal work. Recommendations for women in the workplace include paid maternity leave and affordable child care. • 1964- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is established; first 5 years, 50,000 complaints of gender discrimination are received. • 1966- National Organization for Women to function as a civil rights organization for women.

  5. The Abortion Act 1967 • The act came into effect April 1968 and permits termination of pregnancy by a registered practitioner. The law was presented as a tidying up operation, to stop backstreet abortion rather than an invitation to abortion on demand, and thus, although women undoubtedly gained from the reform, the struggle for many was far from over.

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