Monday, March 3, 2014

Warm Up: When you hear the terms “feminism” or “women’s movement,” what do you picture?

Learning Target:I can trace the development of the women’s movement between 1953-1973.

Proof of having worked with an adult – this Wednesday (March 5)!

2 copies of the final – next Monday (March 10) – no lates!

IA Update

Post WWII, many men come home & retake jobs that were held by women. Women who keep working = suspicious.

White women = 60c for every $1; non-white = 42c.

Avg. age for marriage was 20 – ideal was to be a homemaker (home appliances!) & community member.

Increased rates of work blamed for alcoholism and increases in teen crime & pregnancy.

Life could feel boring.

The Eisenhower Years

Like Civil Rights, many hoped for more than he delivered when he came into office.

Separate job lists for men & women. Some states = no women on juries, husbands

can demand sex and keep wife’s wages. JFK has no women in the Cabinet, but

appoints Eleanor Roosevelt to lead Commission on Women.

1963: The Feminine Mystique 1963: Equal Pay Act (doesn’t cover all

workers)

The Kennedy Years

1964 Civil Rights Act◦ Many angered that the gov’t doesn’t enforce it &

some see themselves “losing” to African Americans (future feminist movements try to avoid putting non-white women in either/or position).

Many women see LBJ as too unresponsive so he forms the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Increasingly, women call for more than job choice and equal pay – now call for policies benefitting women generally (ex: both abortion rights and high-quality childcare).

The Johnson Years

The peak of the movement – there was a flurry of legislation, but little actual enforcement.

National Organization for Women (NOW) formed in ‘66, but becomes national name in Nixon era.◦ Goals: push the gov’t to enforce legislation & pass an Equal

Rights Amendment Education Act of 1972 & Roe v. Wade (1973) Some movement forward: Shirley Chisholm + 1st

female Army general Nixon creates Task Force to recruit women into high-

level government positions Increasing split between New Left & Women’s

Movement

The Nixon Years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO304aoUAWE

Summary Clip

What does Ms. B mean by the “Oppression Olympics”? Do you agree or disagree with the concept behind the term?

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