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Event 1: Betty Friedan
↠ Women's Rights Activist
↠ Graduated from Smith College
↠ Reporter in New York
↠ Married with three children
↠ Published "The Feminine Mystique"
↠ Co-founded and became the first president for The National Organization for Women (NOW)
↠ Also, wanted women to have more political power
↠ Helped women overcome talking care both the house and having a job
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Event 2: Equal Pay Act (1963): Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
-Fair Pay Act= Lily Ledbetter: who fought to close gap between men and women wages, it went to the Supreme Court, and she won $3 million
-Causes: World War II, Increased demand for women workers, Unions started advocate for equal pay
-Effects: Several bills seeking equal pay for women were introduced to Congress failed https://www.nps.gov/index.htm -
Event 3: Title VII Civil Rights Act (1964)
-What happened? It prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, and national origin
-Causes: People were being discriminated against and lesser qualified people were being hired
-Effects: forbids employers from retaliating against the employees who files charges of discrimination http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/legal-resources/know-your-rights-at-work/title-vii/ -
Event 5: Roe versus Wade
-Causes: Jane Roe wants a divorce and Henry Wade, district attorney, is upholding the law that she can't have an abortion
-Effects: Continue conversation of Women's Rights of their own bodies creating pro- abortion and anti- abortion groups https://www.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-18 -
Event 6: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
↠ Causes: Discrimination and treated unfairly
↠ What Happened? Discrimination in schools, Federal-funded activities, and other education programs
↠ Effects: Increased public support and funding for women's sports
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Event 4: ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)
↠ Causes: Women wanted more power and equality, felt weaker than men
↠ What Happened? The Amendment passed in the House in 1970 and in the Senate in 1972, but the states failed to approve the amendment in 1973
↠ Effects: Women didn't gain any power in society and public support decreased for this amendment ↠ Link text -
Event 8: Problems and Goals of Modern Day
-Problems: Reproductive rights such as Roe vs Wade, Continuing Gender Wage Gap, Violence Against Women Inadequate maternal and infant health care
-Goals: Reproductive freedom such as choice of abortion, Women receive equal pay for equal work, Increasing awareness against violence (Women March), Women want increased time following the birth of a child to stay in the hospital
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Event 7: MAJOR accomplishments
↠ 1947 Fay vs. New York ruled in the Supreme Court that women could be on the jury and be treated as equals to men
↠ In 1960 the Food and Drug Administration approved birth control pills
↠ In 1968 Executive Order 11246 was passed and ruled that discrimination based on sex is illegal for government contractors Link text
