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Women's Role in the 1800's
women's sole purpose was to find a husband, have children, and to take care of them for the rest of her life. she would cook, clean, and take care of the children. women were expected to completely obey her husband. -
Moving Out
Women no longer had to live with a man if they didn't want to. but since most women relied on men for their source of money, many continued to stay in a marriage they were miserable in. -
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Women's Role from 1900-2000
Women were slowly gaining more and more rights -
WSPU
Women's Social and Political Union was founded -
Women's Freedom League
Women's Freedom League (a breakaway group from the WSPU founded by Charlotte Despard) was founded. -
Leading to'Black Friday'
A Conciliation Bill which would have given women with property the right to vote was lost. This led to ‘Black Friday’. -
Chartered Accountants
Women were allowed to take exams to be chartered accountants. -
East London Federation of Sufferagettes
Sylvia Pankhurst founded the East London Federation of Suffragettes. Sylvia wanted a movement to be more inclusive of women from a working class background. -
Represemtation of People Act
The 1918 Representation of the People Act gave propertied women over 30 years of age the right to vote. -
Legal Practices
The legal profession was opened to women. -
Nineteenth Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment, called the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, becomes a law -
Female Barrister
The first female barrister was appointed. -
Pulitzer Prize
Edna St. Vincent Millay becomes the first woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry -
Voting
Women over 21 were given the right to vote - giving women the same voting status as men -
Frances Perkins
Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins, became the first woman to serve on a presidential cabinet -
WAC & WAVES
The Women’s Army Corps (WAC) and Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) are established -
UN
The United Nations is established; Eleanor Roosevelt is appointed as a U.S. delegate. -
Status of Women
President John Kennedy establishes the President's Commission on the Status of Women and appoints Eleanor Roosevelt as chairwoman -
The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan publishes her highly influential book The Feminine Mystique, which describes the dissatisfaction felt by middle-class American housewives with the narrow role imposed on them by society. The book becomes a best-seller and galvanizes the modern women's rights movement. -
Equal Pay Act
Congress passes the Equal Pay Act, making it illegal for employers to pay a woman less than what a man would receive for the same job. -
NOW
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is founded by a group of feminists including Betty Friedan. The largest women's rights group in the U.S., NOW seeks to end sexual discrimination, especially in the workplace, by means of legislative lobbying, litigation, and public demonstrations. -
Sex-Segregated Jobs
The EEOC rules that sex-segregated help wanted ads in newspapers are illegal. This ruling is upheld in 1973 by the Supreme Court, opening the way for women to apply for higher-paying jobs hitherto open only to men. -
No Fault Divorce Law
California becomes the first state to adopt a "no fault" divorce law, which allows couples to divorce by mutual consent.
