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Women's Rights

By emmaa16648

  • Gloria Steinem

    Gloria Steinem
    womenshistory.about.com/
    BACKGROUND:
    --childhood was unstable
    EDUCATION:
    --Attended Smith College
    --studied government and political affairs
    --studied in India
    CAREER:
    --Began her journalism in New York
    --originally did not cover challenging stories
    --started Ms. magazine, which became the landmark publication of the feminist movement.
    MOTIVATIONS: she focused specifically on:
    --Equal Rights Amendment
    --abortion rights
    --equal pay for women
    --end domestic violence
  • Period: to

    Women's Rights Progress

  • Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

    Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
    http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/epa.cfm
    CAUSE:
    --Prominant wage gap between the sexes
    WHAT IT SAYS:
    --"No employer having employees subject to any provisions of this section shall discriminate...between employees on the basis of sex"
    EFFECT:
    --decreased the wage gap, but discrimination based on gender was still present leading to...
    --Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009: A person can recieve compensation if disadvantaged by a discriminatory pay-setting decision

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964: Title VII

    Civil Rights Act of 1964: Title VII
    aauw.org
    CAUSES:
    --Equal Pay Act was not broad enough
    WHAT IT SAYS:
    “It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer … to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.”
    APPLIES TO:
    --private and public colleges and universities
    --employment agencies
    --labor organizations
    EFFECTS:
    --notify employer
    --settlement
    --lawsuit
    --"right to sue"

  • Equal Rights Amendment

    Equal Rights Amendment
    equalrightsamendment.org
    CAUSE:
    -Constitution doesn't specifically protect the rights of all citizens, regardless of sex
    WHAT IT SAYS:
    -"Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."
    -Clarifies the legal status of sex discrimination
    WHAT HAPPENED:
    -10/12/1971: passes through House of Representatives
    -03/22/1972: passes through the Senate
    -Passed by 35/ 38 states
    EFFECTS:
    -Reintroduced before every session of Congress

  • Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

    Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
    http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/titleix.htm
    CAUSE:
    --Exclusions of people (mainly women) in things likes sports and other education programs.
    WHAT HAPPENED:
    --Introduced to help eliminate discrimination based on gender in 10 different areas.

    EFFECT:
    --Gained gender equity in sports, etc. Since it's passing, there have still been many attempts to change it, and many schools are still not in compliance with it.

  • Roe versus Wade

    Roe versus Wade
    http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/us/roe-v-wade-fast-facts/
    http://www.ushistory.org/us/57d.asp
    CAUSE:
    --There was no federal law regulating abortion, and many states had banned it entirely, causing many mothers to seek unsafe abortions.
    WHAT HAPPENED:
    --Jane Roe against Henry Wade
    --Case is argued for two years
    --Roe wins in a 7-2 decision
    EFFECTS:
    --Majority of the justices said that a right to privacy implied in 9th and 14th amendments.
    --States cannot during the first trimester of pregnancy.

  • Major Accomplishments

    Major Accomplishments
    postandcourier.com
    Gloria Steinem: co founded: National Women’s Political Caucus, Women’s Action Alliance, the Coalition of Labor Union Women, and Choice USA, plus many more
    1869: National Women's Suffrage Association established
    1913: Congressional Union formed
    1920: 19th Amendment ratified- women's right to vote
    1923: Equal Rights Amendment first presented
    1963: Equal Pay Act passed
    1964: Title VII of Civil Rights Act passed
    1973: Roe v Wade- Abortion is legal
    1976: Marital rape is illegal

  • Problems or goals

    Problems or goals
    http://www.newstatesman.com/v-spot/2013/05
    Violence:
    --a large percentage of the world doesn't view rape within marriage as a criminal act.
    --89% of domestic violence victims are women (UK)
    Social Inequality:
    --Women more likely to be caring for household while working fulltime.
    --Transgendered women are extremely likely to be prejudiced against (in the workforce and everyday life)
    There are also efforts to get rid of what Roe v. Wade accomplished, and the gender wage gap is still very relevant.