More Rights and Counterculture

Goal 11

A. César Chavez: Leader in the Latino rights movement.

B. American Indian Movement (AIM): fought for treaty rights and better

conditions/opportunities for Native Americans.

C. Environmental Protection Agency:enforced the Clean Air

Act and the Clean Water Act.

D. Betty Friedan :author of The

Feminine Mystique which told

housewives it was ok to yearn for more

than their accepted role as a wife and

mother.

E. National Organization for Women (NOW):fought for fair pay

and equal opportunities for

women.

F. Gloria Steinem:a women’s rights

advocate who started Ms. Magazine

G. Phyllis Schlafly:oppose the women’s

movement.

H. Equal Rights Amendment:

would have made discrimination based

on sex illegal, but was never ratified.

I. Roe v. Wade (1973):

legalized abortion.

J. Counterculture:movement by young

people who wanted to resist the mainstream of dominant culture.

This included changing music – rock

& roll.

K. Haight-Ashbury:district of San

Francisco which was a popular place for hippies to live.