WOMEN’S MOVEMENT

Feminism

A. Society1. Feminism: the radical notion that women

are people2. Educational opportunities

Feminism B. Impact of Civil Rights1. Learned value of work2. 1963- Equal Pay Act

a. Outlawed paying men more than women for the same job

Feminism

C. Groups of Consciousness- Betty Friedan: founded NOW

D. (NOW) National Organization for Women 1966

1. Demanded greater educational opportunities for women

FeminismE. Impact1. More radical turns2. Title IX- known for

sports equality in schools

FeminismE. Impact (continued)3. Equal Rights Amendment: failed because only 35

states ratified it4. Roe v Wade: court ruled that states could not

regulate abortion in the first 3 mos. of pregnancy

Feminism

F. Backlash1. Men2. Marabel Morgan:

established the “4A Approach” for women

3. Phyllis Schlafly: outspoken opponent of the ERA

Gay/Lesbian Rights Movement

A.1969- Riot at Stonewall Inn1. Launched Gay/Lesbian rights

movement

B.1981- AIDS outbreak