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Betty Friedman- Leader
Betty Friedman published The Feminine Mystique in 1963, which helped to expose housewives broad discontent. She was also the first president of the National Organization for Women, which she helped to create. -
Equal Pay Act
Law requiring equal pay for men and women who performed the same job under equal conditions. -
Civil Rights Act- Title VII
Federal law prohibiting employers with 15+ employees from discriminating against their employees on the basis of sex, color, race, religion, or national origin. -
Equal Rights Amendment
Passed by the House several years eariler the Senate finally passes an ammendment designed to guarantee equal rights for women, banning all discrimination based on sex -
Title IX of the Education Amendments
Law signed to ban discrimination based on sex in all federally funded education activities or programs. Helped greatly to expand athletic opportunities for women. -
Roe vs Wade
Gave women the right to abortion during the entirety of her pregnancy -
Lilly Ledbetter Pay Act
Law passed to protect equal pay after Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. -
Modern Day Issues
Not only do women on average still earn only 72 cents for every dollar earned by white men but surveys also show that 64% of working women reported that they provide half or more of their family's income.
Unrealistic and unhealthy portrayals of the female body are wildly spread throughout Media everywhere
Many have a misunderstanding of the word feminism, which essentially calls for both female AND male equality.
