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Protest and women

Protest and women. . Progress during WW2 More women had bee employed, 12 to 18 million. Women did essential jobs for the war effort. The joined both the army and navy. Their wages increased. They showed that they could do jobs that were considered male jobs equally as well. .

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Protest and women

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  1. Protest and women

  2. • Progress during WW2 • More women had bee employed, 12 to 18 million. • Women did essential jobs for the war effort. • The joined both the army and navy. • Their wages increased. • They showed that they could do jobs that were considered male jobs equally as well.  • Lack of progress after WW2 • Women gave up their jobs to return to traditional feminine jobs. • Women were still excluded from the higher paid jobs. • Women were still only earning 50% to 60% of what men earned. • Women could still be dismissed from their job when they married,

  3. The 1950’s • Women had slowly began to challenge what was expected of them. They began to consider there being more to life than simply raising children. • Women were better educated. 700,000 women went to university in 1950 compared to 1.3 million in 1960!! • Career choice was limited though as it was expected that women would give up work once they had become married and had children. • This made women valuable, but cheap labour that often worked part time.

  4. The 1960’s • Women were influenced by the swinging sixties. • The challenged the traditional ideas. • The contraceptive pill (1963) gave women a sexual freedom they had not experienced before and the ability to control when they began a family. • Eleanor Roosevelt (the widow of ex President Franklin D Roosevelt) set up a commission to investigate the staus of women. • She died before the report was published which found that; 95% of company managers were men. 85% of technical workers were men. Only 7% of doctors were women and only 1% lawyers. Women earned around 50% less than men for the same jobs.

  5. The 1960’s • Another leading female emerged, Betty Friedan. The author of The Feminine Mystique (1963) • Betty Friedan challenged the idea that women were happy to be tied up to a life of domesticity. • She argued there was more to life for women. • She argued that bringing up the family was a shared role and women should still peruse a career if they wished. • Upset with the lack of progress for women she set up NOW (National Organisation for Women).

  6. How did the movement develop? • More radical members of NOW formed the Womens Liberation Movement. • They also became known as feminists. They wanted to challenge the discrimination faced by women. • The rejected men and the male dominated society. They protested by burning their bras and even refusing to wear make up. In 1968 the boycotted the Miss America contest and crowned a sheep Miss America! • Many however saw the movement as counter productive and a distraction from what was the priority of equal pay and better job opportunities.

  7. Opposition to the women's movement One of the most influential women was Phyllis Schalfly who set up the STOP ERA. ERA stood for Equal Representations Act. She opposed this (STOP ERA) because she felt it would result in women having to serve in combat and have a bad effect on family life.

  8. Question 3’s Which is the odd one out?! June 10 3 Study Sources A, B and C. Do these sources support the view that the Rosenbergs were innocent? Explain your answer, using the sources. (10) Jan 11 3 Study Sources A, B and C. How far do these sources agree about the Voter Registration Campaign? Explain your answer, using the sources. (10) June 11 3 Study Sources A, B and C. How far do these sources agree about the Berkeley Free Speech Movement? Explain your answer, using the sources. (10) Jan 12 3 Study Sources A, B and C. How far do Sources B and C support the evidence of Source A about the Brown v Topeka case? Explain your answer, using the sources. (10)

  9. June 2010 5 Study all the sources (A to F) and use your own knowledge. ‘The main reason for the growing fear of communism in the USA was the Rosenberg Case.’ How far do the sources in this paper support this statement? Use details from the sources and your own knowledge to explain your answer. (16) Jan 11 5 Study all the sources (A to F) and use your own knowledge. ‘The Voter Registration Campaign was the main reason for progress in civil rights for black Americans in the years 1963–65’. How far do the sources in this paper support this statement? Use details from the sources and your own knowledge to explain your answer. (16) June 11 5 Study all the sources (A to F) and use your own knowledge. ‘The Free Speech Movement was the main reason for student protest.’ How far do the sources in this paper support this statement? Use details from the sources and your own knowledge to explain your answer. (16) Jan 11 5 Study all the sources (A to F) and use your own knowledge. ‘The Brown v Topeka case made a real difference to integration in schools in the USA in the years 1954–60’. How far do the sources in this paper support this statement? Use details from the sources and your own knowledge to explain your answer. (16)

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