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The Feminine Mystique
This book published by Betty Friedan is credited with starting second-wave feminism in America along with the women's Liberation movement. This book described that women had societal pressure to be housewives and remain them. Betty Friedan is a main contributor to the movement because she demolished the idea that women are just wives and baby makers, they're people and deserve the same life that men had. -
The Equal Pay Act
On June 10, 1963 - The Equal Pay Act is passed by congress. It allows equal pay regarding Race, Gender, or Color of the woman. This was a big milestone in the movement because they were really focused on eliminating pay discrimination. -
Contraception
The Supreme Court allows married couples to use contraception. This was seen as another big milestone because the group was fighting for it. Contraception and abortion were illegal at the time. -
Equal Employment Opportunity
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was put in place as a government agency. The Opportunity Commission is meant for prohibiting discrimination in the workplace. -
NOW
The National Organization For Women (NOW) is without a doubt one of the first, and largest women's organization. At first the organization was not very successful. It focused on employment, discrimination, maternity absences, equal education, etc. -
Shirley Chisholm
As one of the founders of "NOW." She was an advocate for African American and Women's Rights. In 1968 she was the first African American Women to be elected into congress. This was a huge milestone for her and the women of America. -
Miss America
The NY Radical Women protested at the 1968 Miss America Pageant on September 7th. The reason they were protesting was because of the racism and the crazy standards the pageant showed -
Prohibiting Gender Descrimination
Lyndon B. Johnson signed an executive order in prohibiting sex discrimination. He does so by government contractors and requiring affirmative actions plans for hiring women. -
No Fault Law
The No Fault Law, allows for married couples in Cali to divorce mutually now. -
Women's Strike For Equality
A national strike showed how women were being discriminated against. They wanted to show that women were seen everywhere in domestic labor while men were not. It was the largest rally since the Women's Suffrage Movement -
Gender Discrimination Banned In EDU
Title IX, of the Education Amendments bans sex discrimination in all education programs that are supported by the federal government. -
Roe V Wade Decision
The court found Anti-Abortion laws to be unconstitutional. This was also a huge victory for the movement as abortion and contraceptive were seen as Women's rights. Abortion was now more accessible to women and safer. -
Pauli Murray
She helped create NOW. She was a law student at Yale and in 1977 was the first African American woman to be ordained by the Protestant Episcopal Church. She helped fight for the Women's Liberation Movement along with advocating for African American rights. -
Take Back the Night
In 1976-1978, nightly protests were common, they occurred each night. They empowered women across the nation. These protests included speeches, vigils, and rallies.
