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WOMEN Silent Subordinate Minority or
Unconstitutionally Oppressed Majority
Readily accepted their status through marriage
Subjected to the authority or control of men
Considered lower in rank or importance to men
Considered subservient to their husband or boss
Considered to be less valued in the workplace
Considered weaker physically or mentally to men
Unable to stand alone without men to support them
Were Women Subordinate
Numerically smaller than the male population
Suffering discrimination by and subordination to men
Being physically andor Socially set apart from men
Sharing a sense of common identity and burdens
Sharing rules about who belongs and who does not
Struggling to redefine their status in society
Having a sense of solidarity about their situation
Were Women Minorities
Subordinate Minority Status
Meant confinement of women to subordinate
roles not justified by a personrsquos abilities
Subordinate Minority Status
Focused on the Biological differences
between males and females
Subordinate Minority Status
Differences of gender capitalized by popular
advertisement produced sexist attitudes
Changing Gender Roles
Gender Roles Societyrsquos expectations of the proper behavior attitudes and activities of males and females
Socialization had a powerful impact on the basic development of male and female gender roles
Acceptable behavior for men and women change over time as a societyrsquos viewpoints change
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
The Family
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Schools
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Hospitals
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Traditional Differences in Sports
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Beginnings
1848 Seneca Falls Womenrsquos Rights Convention
1869 - 1920
Suffrage Movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
reads the
Declaration of Rights
and Sentiments
Famous Suffragettes
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B Anthony
Lucretia Mott Lucy Stone
Margaret Sanger Alice Paul
1920 Nineteenth Amendment grants Voting Rights
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed Greater Concerns
occupied the
minds of
Americans
Euphoria of the Roaring 20rsquos Depression of the 1930rsquos
World War II in the 1940rsquos The Cold War of the 1950rsquos
Predominant
focus on the
rights of
African-Americans
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Derailed
1940rsquos ndash 1950rsquos
bull Married Women left the
workplace and returned
home to their husbands
bull Widows remarried to returning veterans to help take care of their young children
The Baby Boom Generation was born as Women
returned to being supportive Mothers amp Housewives
World War II
Generation altered
the Womenrsquos Rights
Movement
bull Many single Women
became War Brides
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed and Inspired
Leaders of the Civil Rights
Movement were slow to
endorse Women Rights
Anti-War Protestors
rejected Women Leaders
among their ranks
However In each movement Women spoke up
and inspired others to speak out for Women
Sexist attitudes still existed
among the new
Counter-Cultural Revolution
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 1963
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 Eleanor Roosevelt 1963 Betty Friedan
Represented many of the
older ideals of the earlier
Womenrsquos Rights movement
Depicted the modern attitudes
of trapped housewives and
frustrated single women
ldquoA woman is like a tea bag ndash You
canrsquot tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot waterrdquo
ldquoThe feminist revolution has to be
fought because women quite
simply were stopped at a state of
evolution far short of their human
capacityrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Readily accepted their status through marriage
Subjected to the authority or control of men
Considered lower in rank or importance to men
Considered subservient to their husband or boss
Considered to be less valued in the workplace
Considered weaker physically or mentally to men
Unable to stand alone without men to support them
Were Women Subordinate
Numerically smaller than the male population
Suffering discrimination by and subordination to men
Being physically andor Socially set apart from men
Sharing a sense of common identity and burdens
Sharing rules about who belongs and who does not
Struggling to redefine their status in society
Having a sense of solidarity about their situation
Were Women Minorities
Subordinate Minority Status
Meant confinement of women to subordinate
roles not justified by a personrsquos abilities
Subordinate Minority Status
Focused on the Biological differences
between males and females
Subordinate Minority Status
Differences of gender capitalized by popular
advertisement produced sexist attitudes
Changing Gender Roles
Gender Roles Societyrsquos expectations of the proper behavior attitudes and activities of males and females
Socialization had a powerful impact on the basic development of male and female gender roles
Acceptable behavior for men and women change over time as a societyrsquos viewpoints change
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
The Family
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Schools
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Hospitals
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Traditional Differences in Sports
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Beginnings
1848 Seneca Falls Womenrsquos Rights Convention
1869 - 1920
Suffrage Movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
reads the
Declaration of Rights
and Sentiments
Famous Suffragettes
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B Anthony
Lucretia Mott Lucy Stone
Margaret Sanger Alice Paul
1920 Nineteenth Amendment grants Voting Rights
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed Greater Concerns
occupied the
minds of
Americans
Euphoria of the Roaring 20rsquos Depression of the 1930rsquos
World War II in the 1940rsquos The Cold War of the 1950rsquos
Predominant
focus on the
rights of
African-Americans
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Derailed
1940rsquos ndash 1950rsquos
bull Married Women left the
workplace and returned
home to their husbands
bull Widows remarried to returning veterans to help take care of their young children
The Baby Boom Generation was born as Women
returned to being supportive Mothers amp Housewives
World War II
Generation altered
the Womenrsquos Rights
Movement
bull Many single Women
became War Brides
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed and Inspired
Leaders of the Civil Rights
Movement were slow to
endorse Women Rights
Anti-War Protestors
rejected Women Leaders
among their ranks
However In each movement Women spoke up
and inspired others to speak out for Women
Sexist attitudes still existed
among the new
Counter-Cultural Revolution
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 1963
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 Eleanor Roosevelt 1963 Betty Friedan
Represented many of the
older ideals of the earlier
Womenrsquos Rights movement
Depicted the modern attitudes
of trapped housewives and
frustrated single women
ldquoA woman is like a tea bag ndash You
canrsquot tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot waterrdquo
ldquoThe feminist revolution has to be
fought because women quite
simply were stopped at a state of
evolution far short of their human
capacityrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Numerically smaller than the male population
Suffering discrimination by and subordination to men
Being physically andor Socially set apart from men
Sharing a sense of common identity and burdens
Sharing rules about who belongs and who does not
Struggling to redefine their status in society
Having a sense of solidarity about their situation
Were Women Minorities
Subordinate Minority Status
Meant confinement of women to subordinate
roles not justified by a personrsquos abilities
Subordinate Minority Status
Focused on the Biological differences
between males and females
Subordinate Minority Status
Differences of gender capitalized by popular
advertisement produced sexist attitudes
Changing Gender Roles
Gender Roles Societyrsquos expectations of the proper behavior attitudes and activities of males and females
Socialization had a powerful impact on the basic development of male and female gender roles
Acceptable behavior for men and women change over time as a societyrsquos viewpoints change
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
The Family
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Schools
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Hospitals
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Traditional Differences in Sports
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Beginnings
1848 Seneca Falls Womenrsquos Rights Convention
1869 - 1920
Suffrage Movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
reads the
Declaration of Rights
and Sentiments
Famous Suffragettes
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B Anthony
Lucretia Mott Lucy Stone
Margaret Sanger Alice Paul
1920 Nineteenth Amendment grants Voting Rights
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed Greater Concerns
occupied the
minds of
Americans
Euphoria of the Roaring 20rsquos Depression of the 1930rsquos
World War II in the 1940rsquos The Cold War of the 1950rsquos
Predominant
focus on the
rights of
African-Americans
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Derailed
1940rsquos ndash 1950rsquos
bull Married Women left the
workplace and returned
home to their husbands
bull Widows remarried to returning veterans to help take care of their young children
The Baby Boom Generation was born as Women
returned to being supportive Mothers amp Housewives
World War II
Generation altered
the Womenrsquos Rights
Movement
bull Many single Women
became War Brides
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed and Inspired
Leaders of the Civil Rights
Movement were slow to
endorse Women Rights
Anti-War Protestors
rejected Women Leaders
among their ranks
However In each movement Women spoke up
and inspired others to speak out for Women
Sexist attitudes still existed
among the new
Counter-Cultural Revolution
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 1963
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 Eleanor Roosevelt 1963 Betty Friedan
Represented many of the
older ideals of the earlier
Womenrsquos Rights movement
Depicted the modern attitudes
of trapped housewives and
frustrated single women
ldquoA woman is like a tea bag ndash You
canrsquot tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot waterrdquo
ldquoThe feminist revolution has to be
fought because women quite
simply were stopped at a state of
evolution far short of their human
capacityrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Subordinate Minority Status
Meant confinement of women to subordinate
roles not justified by a personrsquos abilities
Subordinate Minority Status
Focused on the Biological differences
between males and females
Subordinate Minority Status
Differences of gender capitalized by popular
advertisement produced sexist attitudes
Changing Gender Roles
Gender Roles Societyrsquos expectations of the proper behavior attitudes and activities of males and females
Socialization had a powerful impact on the basic development of male and female gender roles
Acceptable behavior for men and women change over time as a societyrsquos viewpoints change
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
The Family
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Schools
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Hospitals
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Traditional Differences in Sports
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Beginnings
1848 Seneca Falls Womenrsquos Rights Convention
1869 - 1920
Suffrage Movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
reads the
Declaration of Rights
and Sentiments
Famous Suffragettes
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B Anthony
Lucretia Mott Lucy Stone
Margaret Sanger Alice Paul
1920 Nineteenth Amendment grants Voting Rights
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed Greater Concerns
occupied the
minds of
Americans
Euphoria of the Roaring 20rsquos Depression of the 1930rsquos
World War II in the 1940rsquos The Cold War of the 1950rsquos
Predominant
focus on the
rights of
African-Americans
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Derailed
1940rsquos ndash 1950rsquos
bull Married Women left the
workplace and returned
home to their husbands
bull Widows remarried to returning veterans to help take care of their young children
The Baby Boom Generation was born as Women
returned to being supportive Mothers amp Housewives
World War II
Generation altered
the Womenrsquos Rights
Movement
bull Many single Women
became War Brides
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed and Inspired
Leaders of the Civil Rights
Movement were slow to
endorse Women Rights
Anti-War Protestors
rejected Women Leaders
among their ranks
However In each movement Women spoke up
and inspired others to speak out for Women
Sexist attitudes still existed
among the new
Counter-Cultural Revolution
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 1963
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 Eleanor Roosevelt 1963 Betty Friedan
Represented many of the
older ideals of the earlier
Womenrsquos Rights movement
Depicted the modern attitudes
of trapped housewives and
frustrated single women
ldquoA woman is like a tea bag ndash You
canrsquot tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot waterrdquo
ldquoThe feminist revolution has to be
fought because women quite
simply were stopped at a state of
evolution far short of their human
capacityrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Subordinate Minority Status
Focused on the Biological differences
between males and females
Subordinate Minority Status
Differences of gender capitalized by popular
advertisement produced sexist attitudes
Changing Gender Roles
Gender Roles Societyrsquos expectations of the proper behavior attitudes and activities of males and females
Socialization had a powerful impact on the basic development of male and female gender roles
Acceptable behavior for men and women change over time as a societyrsquos viewpoints change
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
The Family
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Schools
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Hospitals
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Traditional Differences in Sports
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Beginnings
1848 Seneca Falls Womenrsquos Rights Convention
1869 - 1920
Suffrage Movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
reads the
Declaration of Rights
and Sentiments
Famous Suffragettes
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B Anthony
Lucretia Mott Lucy Stone
Margaret Sanger Alice Paul
1920 Nineteenth Amendment grants Voting Rights
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed Greater Concerns
occupied the
minds of
Americans
Euphoria of the Roaring 20rsquos Depression of the 1930rsquos
World War II in the 1940rsquos The Cold War of the 1950rsquos
Predominant
focus on the
rights of
African-Americans
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Derailed
1940rsquos ndash 1950rsquos
bull Married Women left the
workplace and returned
home to their husbands
bull Widows remarried to returning veterans to help take care of their young children
The Baby Boom Generation was born as Women
returned to being supportive Mothers amp Housewives
World War II
Generation altered
the Womenrsquos Rights
Movement
bull Many single Women
became War Brides
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed and Inspired
Leaders of the Civil Rights
Movement were slow to
endorse Women Rights
Anti-War Protestors
rejected Women Leaders
among their ranks
However In each movement Women spoke up
and inspired others to speak out for Women
Sexist attitudes still existed
among the new
Counter-Cultural Revolution
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 1963
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 Eleanor Roosevelt 1963 Betty Friedan
Represented many of the
older ideals of the earlier
Womenrsquos Rights movement
Depicted the modern attitudes
of trapped housewives and
frustrated single women
ldquoA woman is like a tea bag ndash You
canrsquot tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot waterrdquo
ldquoThe feminist revolution has to be
fought because women quite
simply were stopped at a state of
evolution far short of their human
capacityrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Subordinate Minority Status
Differences of gender capitalized by popular
advertisement produced sexist attitudes
Changing Gender Roles
Gender Roles Societyrsquos expectations of the proper behavior attitudes and activities of males and females
Socialization had a powerful impact on the basic development of male and female gender roles
Acceptable behavior for men and women change over time as a societyrsquos viewpoints change
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
The Family
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Schools
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Hospitals
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Traditional Differences in Sports
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Beginnings
1848 Seneca Falls Womenrsquos Rights Convention
1869 - 1920
Suffrage Movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
reads the
Declaration of Rights
and Sentiments
Famous Suffragettes
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B Anthony
Lucretia Mott Lucy Stone
Margaret Sanger Alice Paul
1920 Nineteenth Amendment grants Voting Rights
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed Greater Concerns
occupied the
minds of
Americans
Euphoria of the Roaring 20rsquos Depression of the 1930rsquos
World War II in the 1940rsquos The Cold War of the 1950rsquos
Predominant
focus on the
rights of
African-Americans
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Derailed
1940rsquos ndash 1950rsquos
bull Married Women left the
workplace and returned
home to their husbands
bull Widows remarried to returning veterans to help take care of their young children
The Baby Boom Generation was born as Women
returned to being supportive Mothers amp Housewives
World War II
Generation altered
the Womenrsquos Rights
Movement
bull Many single Women
became War Brides
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed and Inspired
Leaders of the Civil Rights
Movement were slow to
endorse Women Rights
Anti-War Protestors
rejected Women Leaders
among their ranks
However In each movement Women spoke up
and inspired others to speak out for Women
Sexist attitudes still existed
among the new
Counter-Cultural Revolution
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 1963
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 Eleanor Roosevelt 1963 Betty Friedan
Represented many of the
older ideals of the earlier
Womenrsquos Rights movement
Depicted the modern attitudes
of trapped housewives and
frustrated single women
ldquoA woman is like a tea bag ndash You
canrsquot tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot waterrdquo
ldquoThe feminist revolution has to be
fought because women quite
simply were stopped at a state of
evolution far short of their human
capacityrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Changing Gender Roles
Gender Roles Societyrsquos expectations of the proper behavior attitudes and activities of males and females
Socialization had a powerful impact on the basic development of male and female gender roles
Acceptable behavior for men and women change over time as a societyrsquos viewpoints change
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
The Family
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Schools
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Hospitals
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Traditional Differences in Sports
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Beginnings
1848 Seneca Falls Womenrsquos Rights Convention
1869 - 1920
Suffrage Movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
reads the
Declaration of Rights
and Sentiments
Famous Suffragettes
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B Anthony
Lucretia Mott Lucy Stone
Margaret Sanger Alice Paul
1920 Nineteenth Amendment grants Voting Rights
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed Greater Concerns
occupied the
minds of
Americans
Euphoria of the Roaring 20rsquos Depression of the 1930rsquos
World War II in the 1940rsquos The Cold War of the 1950rsquos
Predominant
focus on the
rights of
African-Americans
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Derailed
1940rsquos ndash 1950rsquos
bull Married Women left the
workplace and returned
home to their husbands
bull Widows remarried to returning veterans to help take care of their young children
The Baby Boom Generation was born as Women
returned to being supportive Mothers amp Housewives
World War II
Generation altered
the Womenrsquos Rights
Movement
bull Many single Women
became War Brides
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed and Inspired
Leaders of the Civil Rights
Movement were slow to
endorse Women Rights
Anti-War Protestors
rejected Women Leaders
among their ranks
However In each movement Women spoke up
and inspired others to speak out for Women
Sexist attitudes still existed
among the new
Counter-Cultural Revolution
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 1963
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 Eleanor Roosevelt 1963 Betty Friedan
Represented many of the
older ideals of the earlier
Womenrsquos Rights movement
Depicted the modern attitudes
of trapped housewives and
frustrated single women
ldquoA woman is like a tea bag ndash You
canrsquot tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot waterrdquo
ldquoThe feminist revolution has to be
fought because women quite
simply were stopped at a state of
evolution far short of their human
capacityrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
The Family
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Schools
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Hospitals
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Traditional Differences in Sports
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Beginnings
1848 Seneca Falls Womenrsquos Rights Convention
1869 - 1920
Suffrage Movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
reads the
Declaration of Rights
and Sentiments
Famous Suffragettes
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B Anthony
Lucretia Mott Lucy Stone
Margaret Sanger Alice Paul
1920 Nineteenth Amendment grants Voting Rights
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed Greater Concerns
occupied the
minds of
Americans
Euphoria of the Roaring 20rsquos Depression of the 1930rsquos
World War II in the 1940rsquos The Cold War of the 1950rsquos
Predominant
focus on the
rights of
African-Americans
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Derailed
1940rsquos ndash 1950rsquos
bull Married Women left the
workplace and returned
home to their husbands
bull Widows remarried to returning veterans to help take care of their young children
The Baby Boom Generation was born as Women
returned to being supportive Mothers amp Housewives
World War II
Generation altered
the Womenrsquos Rights
Movement
bull Many single Women
became War Brides
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed and Inspired
Leaders of the Civil Rights
Movement were slow to
endorse Women Rights
Anti-War Protestors
rejected Women Leaders
among their ranks
However In each movement Women spoke up
and inspired others to speak out for Women
Sexist attitudes still existed
among the new
Counter-Cultural Revolution
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 1963
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 Eleanor Roosevelt 1963 Betty Friedan
Represented many of the
older ideals of the earlier
Womenrsquos Rights movement
Depicted the modern attitudes
of trapped housewives and
frustrated single women
ldquoA woman is like a tea bag ndash You
canrsquot tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot waterrdquo
ldquoThe feminist revolution has to be
fought because women quite
simply were stopped at a state of
evolution far short of their human
capacityrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Schools
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Hospitals
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Traditional Differences in Sports
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Beginnings
1848 Seneca Falls Womenrsquos Rights Convention
1869 - 1920
Suffrage Movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
reads the
Declaration of Rights
and Sentiments
Famous Suffragettes
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B Anthony
Lucretia Mott Lucy Stone
Margaret Sanger Alice Paul
1920 Nineteenth Amendment grants Voting Rights
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed Greater Concerns
occupied the
minds of
Americans
Euphoria of the Roaring 20rsquos Depression of the 1930rsquos
World War II in the 1940rsquos The Cold War of the 1950rsquos
Predominant
focus on the
rights of
African-Americans
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Derailed
1940rsquos ndash 1950rsquos
bull Married Women left the
workplace and returned
home to their husbands
bull Widows remarried to returning veterans to help take care of their young children
The Baby Boom Generation was born as Women
returned to being supportive Mothers amp Housewives
World War II
Generation altered
the Womenrsquos Rights
Movement
bull Many single Women
became War Brides
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed and Inspired
Leaders of the Civil Rights
Movement were slow to
endorse Women Rights
Anti-War Protestors
rejected Women Leaders
among their ranks
However In each movement Women spoke up
and inspired others to speak out for Women
Sexist attitudes still existed
among the new
Counter-Cultural Revolution
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 1963
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 Eleanor Roosevelt 1963 Betty Friedan
Represented many of the
older ideals of the earlier
Womenrsquos Rights movement
Depicted the modern attitudes
of trapped housewives and
frustrated single women
ldquoA woman is like a tea bag ndash You
canrsquot tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot waterrdquo
ldquoThe feminist revolution has to be
fought because women quite
simply were stopped at a state of
evolution far short of their human
capacityrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Hospitals
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Traditional Differences in Sports
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Beginnings
1848 Seneca Falls Womenrsquos Rights Convention
1869 - 1920
Suffrage Movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
reads the
Declaration of Rights
and Sentiments
Famous Suffragettes
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B Anthony
Lucretia Mott Lucy Stone
Margaret Sanger Alice Paul
1920 Nineteenth Amendment grants Voting Rights
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed Greater Concerns
occupied the
minds of
Americans
Euphoria of the Roaring 20rsquos Depression of the 1930rsquos
World War II in the 1940rsquos The Cold War of the 1950rsquos
Predominant
focus on the
rights of
African-Americans
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Derailed
1940rsquos ndash 1950rsquos
bull Married Women left the
workplace and returned
home to their husbands
bull Widows remarried to returning veterans to help take care of their young children
The Baby Boom Generation was born as Women
returned to being supportive Mothers amp Housewives
World War II
Generation altered
the Womenrsquos Rights
Movement
bull Many single Women
became War Brides
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed and Inspired
Leaders of the Civil Rights
Movement were slow to
endorse Women Rights
Anti-War Protestors
rejected Women Leaders
among their ranks
However In each movement Women spoke up
and inspired others to speak out for Women
Sexist attitudes still existed
among the new
Counter-Cultural Revolution
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 1963
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 Eleanor Roosevelt 1963 Betty Friedan
Represented many of the
older ideals of the earlier
Womenrsquos Rights movement
Depicted the modern attitudes
of trapped housewives and
frustrated single women
ldquoA woman is like a tea bag ndash You
canrsquot tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot waterrdquo
ldquoThe feminist revolution has to be
fought because women quite
simply were stopped at a state of
evolution far short of their human
capacityrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Sociological Perspective
Gender differentiation in US culture has been embedded in our social institutions
Traditional Differences in Sports
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Beginnings
1848 Seneca Falls Womenrsquos Rights Convention
1869 - 1920
Suffrage Movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
reads the
Declaration of Rights
and Sentiments
Famous Suffragettes
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B Anthony
Lucretia Mott Lucy Stone
Margaret Sanger Alice Paul
1920 Nineteenth Amendment grants Voting Rights
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed Greater Concerns
occupied the
minds of
Americans
Euphoria of the Roaring 20rsquos Depression of the 1930rsquos
World War II in the 1940rsquos The Cold War of the 1950rsquos
Predominant
focus on the
rights of
African-Americans
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Derailed
1940rsquos ndash 1950rsquos
bull Married Women left the
workplace and returned
home to their husbands
bull Widows remarried to returning veterans to help take care of their young children
The Baby Boom Generation was born as Women
returned to being supportive Mothers amp Housewives
World War II
Generation altered
the Womenrsquos Rights
Movement
bull Many single Women
became War Brides
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed and Inspired
Leaders of the Civil Rights
Movement were slow to
endorse Women Rights
Anti-War Protestors
rejected Women Leaders
among their ranks
However In each movement Women spoke up
and inspired others to speak out for Women
Sexist attitudes still existed
among the new
Counter-Cultural Revolution
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 1963
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 Eleanor Roosevelt 1963 Betty Friedan
Represented many of the
older ideals of the earlier
Womenrsquos Rights movement
Depicted the modern attitudes
of trapped housewives and
frustrated single women
ldquoA woman is like a tea bag ndash You
canrsquot tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot waterrdquo
ldquoThe feminist revolution has to be
fought because women quite
simply were stopped at a state of
evolution far short of their human
capacityrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Beginnings
1848 Seneca Falls Womenrsquos Rights Convention
1869 - 1920
Suffrage Movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
reads the
Declaration of Rights
and Sentiments
Famous Suffragettes
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B Anthony
Lucretia Mott Lucy Stone
Margaret Sanger Alice Paul
1920 Nineteenth Amendment grants Voting Rights
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed Greater Concerns
occupied the
minds of
Americans
Euphoria of the Roaring 20rsquos Depression of the 1930rsquos
World War II in the 1940rsquos The Cold War of the 1950rsquos
Predominant
focus on the
rights of
African-Americans
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Derailed
1940rsquos ndash 1950rsquos
bull Married Women left the
workplace and returned
home to their husbands
bull Widows remarried to returning veterans to help take care of their young children
The Baby Boom Generation was born as Women
returned to being supportive Mothers amp Housewives
World War II
Generation altered
the Womenrsquos Rights
Movement
bull Many single Women
became War Brides
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed and Inspired
Leaders of the Civil Rights
Movement were slow to
endorse Women Rights
Anti-War Protestors
rejected Women Leaders
among their ranks
However In each movement Women spoke up
and inspired others to speak out for Women
Sexist attitudes still existed
among the new
Counter-Cultural Revolution
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 1963
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 Eleanor Roosevelt 1963 Betty Friedan
Represented many of the
older ideals of the earlier
Womenrsquos Rights movement
Depicted the modern attitudes
of trapped housewives and
frustrated single women
ldquoA woman is like a tea bag ndash You
canrsquot tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot waterrdquo
ldquoThe feminist revolution has to be
fought because women quite
simply were stopped at a state of
evolution far short of their human
capacityrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed Greater Concerns
occupied the
minds of
Americans
Euphoria of the Roaring 20rsquos Depression of the 1930rsquos
World War II in the 1940rsquos The Cold War of the 1950rsquos
Predominant
focus on the
rights of
African-Americans
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Derailed
1940rsquos ndash 1950rsquos
bull Married Women left the
workplace and returned
home to their husbands
bull Widows remarried to returning veterans to help take care of their young children
The Baby Boom Generation was born as Women
returned to being supportive Mothers amp Housewives
World War II
Generation altered
the Womenrsquos Rights
Movement
bull Many single Women
became War Brides
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed and Inspired
Leaders of the Civil Rights
Movement were slow to
endorse Women Rights
Anti-War Protestors
rejected Women Leaders
among their ranks
However In each movement Women spoke up
and inspired others to speak out for Women
Sexist attitudes still existed
among the new
Counter-Cultural Revolution
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 1963
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 Eleanor Roosevelt 1963 Betty Friedan
Represented many of the
older ideals of the earlier
Womenrsquos Rights movement
Depicted the modern attitudes
of trapped housewives and
frustrated single women
ldquoA woman is like a tea bag ndash You
canrsquot tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot waterrdquo
ldquoThe feminist revolution has to be
fought because women quite
simply were stopped at a state of
evolution far short of their human
capacityrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Derailed
1940rsquos ndash 1950rsquos
bull Married Women left the
workplace and returned
home to their husbands
bull Widows remarried to returning veterans to help take care of their young children
The Baby Boom Generation was born as Women
returned to being supportive Mothers amp Housewives
World War II
Generation altered
the Womenrsquos Rights
Movement
bull Many single Women
became War Brides
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed and Inspired
Leaders of the Civil Rights
Movement were slow to
endorse Women Rights
Anti-War Protestors
rejected Women Leaders
among their ranks
However In each movement Women spoke up
and inspired others to speak out for Women
Sexist attitudes still existed
among the new
Counter-Cultural Revolution
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 1963
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 Eleanor Roosevelt 1963 Betty Friedan
Represented many of the
older ideals of the earlier
Womenrsquos Rights movement
Depicted the modern attitudes
of trapped housewives and
frustrated single women
ldquoA woman is like a tea bag ndash You
canrsquot tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot waterrdquo
ldquoThe feminist revolution has to be
fought because women quite
simply were stopped at a state of
evolution far short of their human
capacityrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Womenrsquos Rights Movement Eclipsed and Inspired
Leaders of the Civil Rights
Movement were slow to
endorse Women Rights
Anti-War Protestors
rejected Women Leaders
among their ranks
However In each movement Women spoke up
and inspired others to speak out for Women
Sexist attitudes still existed
among the new
Counter-Cultural Revolution
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 1963
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 Eleanor Roosevelt 1963 Betty Friedan
Represented many of the
older ideals of the earlier
Womenrsquos Rights movement
Depicted the modern attitudes
of trapped housewives and
frustrated single women
ldquoA woman is like a tea bag ndash You
canrsquot tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot waterrdquo
ldquoThe feminist revolution has to be
fought because women quite
simply were stopped at a state of
evolution far short of their human
capacityrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 1963
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 Eleanor Roosevelt 1963 Betty Friedan
Represented many of the
older ideals of the earlier
Womenrsquos Rights movement
Depicted the modern attitudes
of trapped housewives and
frustrated single women
ldquoA woman is like a tea bag ndash You
canrsquot tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot waterrdquo
ldquoThe feminist revolution has to be
fought because women quite
simply were stopped at a state of
evolution far short of their human
capacityrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1961 Eleanor Roosevelt 1963 Betty Friedan
Represented many of the
older ideals of the earlier
Womenrsquos Rights movement
Depicted the modern attitudes
of trapped housewives and
frustrated single women
ldquoA woman is like a tea bag ndash You
canrsquot tell how strong she is until
you put her in hot waterrdquo
ldquoThe feminist revolution has to be
fought because women quite
simply were stopped at a state of
evolution far short of their human
capacityrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1963-64 Student member of the Young
Democrats ldquoFree Speechrdquo Movement at
University of California (Berkeley)
1964-66 Joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and
supported Civil Rights in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1967 Helped form the Chicago
Womenrsquos Liberation Union
while attending the University
of Chicago
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
What prompted the new wave of activism
1963-Present Jo Freeman Activists Writer and Attorney
1973 Her dissertation identified and
analyzed two key branches of the
Womenrsquos Movement
The ldquoOlder Branchrdquo was founded around members of the Presidentrsquos
Commission on the Status of Women
The ldquoYounger Branchrdquo was started by activists who
gained experience in the Civil Rights Anti-War and
New Leftist Student Rights Movements
Together they would give rise to a new organization
promoting Feminism and Womenrsquos Rights (1966)
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers that women
could and should be anything they wanted to be just like men had the right to
African ndash American women were an especially ignored faction of society that fought on two
fronts In the civil rights movement and the womenrsquos rights movement
Womenrsquos Liberation Movement
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
One of the most famous second - wave feminists of her time
Journalist and activist for The New York magazine in the 1960s
Gloria Steinem
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
Credited for gaining awareness of the women rights issue through her magazine articles public speaking and liberal activism Fought for Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution alongside Friedan as well as supporting samendashsex marriages
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Quotes by Gloria Steinem
ldquoNo man can call himself liberal or radical or even a
conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in
any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at
home or in the officerdquo
ldquoWeve begun to raise daughters more like sons but few
have the courage to raise our sons more like our
daughtersrdquo
Womenrsquos Rights Movement is Reborn
ldquoI have yet to hear a man ask for advice
on how to combine marriage and a careerrdquo
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
bull Women wanted equal rights to men
legally socially and economically
bull Prior to the 1960s young single women
were expected to get married have
children and take care of their families
bull Women wanted fair consideration in
employment and professional training
bull Reduction of stereotypical sexist
practices in advertisement and media
What Women were Fighting For
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
What Women were Fighting For
bull Fair and equal wages with men in
the same occupationprofession
bull Legislation to
protect women
from gender based job discrimination
bull Regulations to eliminate sexist
practices in Education systems
bull Laws against sexual
harassment
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Address cases of sex discrimination
Pay Equity (Comparable worth) Calls for equal pay for different types of work that are judged
to be comparable (regardless of gender) by measuring
Knowledge
Skills
Effort
Responsibility
Working conditions
Primary goal of feminists-eliminate sex discrimination in labor force and equalize job opportunities
What Women were Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Education Act of 1972 and Department of Health Education and Welfare guidelines of 1974 and 1975
Collectively called Title IX provisions Regulations designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost
all school systems
Schools must make changes or lose federal assistance Eliminate all sex-segregated classes and extracurricular
activities
Cannot discriminate by sex in admissions or financial aid cannot inquire if applicant is married pregnant or parent
Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members
Although women do not have to be admitted to play on all-menrsquos athletic teams schools must provide more opportunities for womenrsquos sports intramural and extramural
What Were Women Fighting For
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
1973 Supreme Court Decision Roe vs Wade Gave women greater rights in decisions concerning Abortions
Limited the power of states to regulate abortions in certain cases
Applauded by pro-choice groups and condemned by pro-life
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Made it illegal to refuse to hire layoff or fire a women based solely
on their pregnancy
1986 Supreme Court Decision Meritor vs Vinson Established guidelines and training requirements for professional
conduct in the workplace between genders
Recognized any unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances that interfere with a personrsquos ability to perform a job and enjoy the benefits of a job to be illegal
What Were Women Fighting For
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
bull How is womenrsquos subordinate position different from and similar to that of oppressed racialethnic groups
bull What is meant by the ldquoDouble-Jeopardyrdquo status of minority women in America
bull What are the special challenges facing women of subordinate racial and ethnic groups
bull How has the focus of the feminist movement changed from the suffragist movement to the present
bull How did the patterns of women in the workplace change between the late 1800rsquos and the present
bull How has the changing role of women in the United States affected the stability and unity of the family
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
Thinkhellip
Can men be feminists also or is the movement limited to women only
Does the term ldquofeministrdquo still apply today
Is the womenrsquos liberation movement still active in todayrsquos America
