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Feminime Mystique
Published on Feburary 17, 1963 this book criticized the traditional role of women and debunked the belief that women can only be homemakers. Feminine Mystique sparked the second wave of feminism, following only the World War II calls for working women. This new generation of women were encouraged to see through the false mystique of womanhood, and were dared to explore life outside of their pre-ordained role of housewife. -
Civil Rights Act (Continued)
The Civil Rights Act focused on discrimnation pretaining to race, and often gender-based discrimination was ignored. As a result, this monumental piece of Civil Rights legislation was a disappointment for the women who had anticipated receiving enforceable civil rights. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. This was monumental for civil rights collectively, however the Civil Rights Act brought hope to the women’s rights movement specifically. Even though women officially had the right to file a lawsuit over gender-based discrimination, most of the cases were dismissed because of the courts only rewarded women with solid proof that the discrimination was because of their gender. (Continued) -
Margaret Higgins Sanger
As a nurse and sex educator she popularized the term “birth control”. Sanger established the Planned Parenthood Federation of America which lead to the the thinking of keeping women feeling safe and protected. She passed away in 1966, the height of the Women’s Rights Movement, after dedicating her life to improving the lives of America’s women. In 1965, Sanger witnessed the Supreme Court case Griswold v. Connecticut, a revolutionary trial that resulted in the legalization of birth control. -
National Organization of Womens Rights
30 of the 300 members attend this first meeting, where they discussed all women and facets of women lives. The members also figured out a main purpose which is to bring women into society exercising all rights to be equal to men. NOW, and its founder Betty Friedman, will become key components of the Women’s Rights Movement and will help to shape the lifestyle of modern women. -
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Roe vs Wade
This Supreme Court case decided that women have the right to make decisions about their health, and their baby’s. This determined that there is a right to privacy, and thus they should be allowed to make up their own minds about abortion, marriage, contraception and child rearing. Critics fought against abortion, a practice considered controversial because of religious views. Nevertheless, this case legalized abortion nationwide, propelling the feminist movement forward. -
March on Washington, DC
This day marks the largest feminism demonstration up until this point. The NOW organiszed over 100,000 men and women in a march on Washington, DC near the US Capitol and Mall. The particpaters called for an extenttion for the deadline of the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendments. -
Citations
Femimine Mystique Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feminine_Mystique
Roe v Wade Image: http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2013-04-18/north-dakota-targets-roe-v-dot-wade
NOW Image-
http://www.sfvnow.org/
Margaret Sanger Image- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Sanger
Civil RIghts Act (1);
https://www.southerncoalition.org/free-symposium-explores-progress-since-civil-rights-act-of-1964/
Civil Rights Act (2):
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/lbjforkids/civil_timeline.shtm -
Citations
NOW Picture:
https://feminist.org/blog/index.php/2014/07/09/july-9-1978-feminists-make-history-with-biggest-ever-march-for-the-equal-rights-amendment/i
NOW Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI6VU5drptk
Equal Rights Amendment March:
https://feminist.org/blog/index.php/2014/07/09/july-9-1978-feminists-make-history-with-the-biggest-ever-march-for-the-equal-rights-amendments/
