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Women’s Rights

Women’s Rights. Top Ten List. 19 th Amendment. Gave women the right to vote Ratified in 1920 Declares: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” * info retrieved here on 4-2-10.

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Women’s Rights

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  1. Women’s Rights Top Ten List

  2. 19th Amendment • Gave women the right to vote • Ratified in 1920 • Declares: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”*info retrieved here on 4-2-10

  3. Suffrage Leaders & Organizations • NAWSA (National American Women’s Suffrage Association) • Non-threatening Tactics • Susan B Anthony • Carrie Chapman Catt • NWP (National Women’s Party) • Militant Tactics • Alice Paul • Lucy Burns • Info retrieved here on 4-2-10

  4. Abortion • Roe vs. Wade • 1973 Supreme court case giving women the right to have an abortion. • Anti-Abortion Backlash • 1980’s • Abortion clinics bombed • Continuing Crisis • Pro Choice vs. Pro Life

  5. Birth Control • Many women died from botched and self-induced abortions • Margaret Sanger • Coined the phrase “birth control” • Established the American Birth Control League in 1942 • 1965: the last state law prohibiting contraceptives is abolished by the US Supreme Court. • (one year after Sanger’s death in 1964)

  6. Women in the Military • Rosie the Riveter in WWII • Symbol of women workers in the war effort • Without military benefits, women performed the same tasks as men (except flying in combat) • WAC (Women’s Army Corps) • WASP (Women’s Auxiliary Service Pilots) • WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service • Racial discrimination continued

  7. Women in the Workforce • Rising divorce rates caused women to be considered heads of households • Women were left to raise children on low incomes by themselves • The Feminine Mystique • Written by Betty Friedman • Fired from her newspaper job after requesting a second maternity leave • Talks about women needing an identity “outside the home and marriage” (Ching, p. 80). • “64 cents to the man’s dollar” (Ching, P. 106) • The wage gap between men and women in 1986…AND 1955!

  8. Gay & Lesbian Rights • Lesbians felt especially secluded, even from women’s groups. • Seemed to find a place with radical feminists • Stonewall Rebellion of 1969 • Beginning of the “modern gay and lesbian liberation movement” (Ching, p, 104). • A riot took place when police threw mostly gay men out of a bar while looking for law violators. • GLAAD(Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) • 1985 • Created to educate and end violence and discrimination against gays and lesbians. • 5 times the number of protesters marched in Washington, D.C. in 1979 than in 1987 (500,000).

  9. NOW (National Organization for Women) • Established in 1966 • Largest organization of feminist activists in the US • Works to eliminate sexism and end all oppression • Priority issues include: • Constitutional equality amendment • Reproductive rights • Violence against women • Lesbian Rights • www.now.org

  10. Violence Against Women • Murder • In 2005, just less than 2,000 women were killed by an intimate partner. • Domestic Violence • 4.8 million physical assaults and rapes against women every year. • Sexual Violence • In 2006, the number of women in the U.S. who were raped or sexually assaulted reached 232,960. (According to the National Crime Victimization Survey). • Who is Targeted? • Young women • Low income women • Minorities • Info retrieved here

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