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Women Movement

By havenarianna123

  • Controlled

    1960 women had to get permission from their husbands to get their tubes tied so they couldnt have babies
  • What the women wanted

    What the women wanted

    -better child care
    -maternity benefits
    -equal job training
    -abortion right
    -equal rights amendent to the constitution
  • how women were treated in the 1960's

    how women were treated in the 1960's

    they were mainly used as sex objects
    cleaned the house
    did all the cooking
    watched the kids
    didnt have a REAL job

  • The purpose of NOW

    was to take action to bringing women into full particpation in the mainstream of American society
  • founder of NOW

    founder of NOW

    Betty Friedan
    Born: February 4, 1921, Peoria
    Died: February 4, 2006, Washington, D.C.
    "A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex but neither should she adjust to prejudice and discrimination."
  • National Organization for Women

    National Organization for Women

    -NOW started its organization for women to get their freedom
    - MADE EVERYONE EQUAL
    -women had the ability to act and speak like men
    - women protested for their rights

  • Men v.s Women

    in 1970 women still earned approx 59% of what men earned