The Women's Movement in the U.S.A By Chinmay and Luke.S

The Suffragettes Movement

How their lives changed and why The war gave them male jobs. This boosted their confidence The women gained money from war work Before the war women were mainly concerned on house work and mother roles. USAUSA Before the war only a few women worked these jobs consisted of teaching,nursing and caring professions

The war gave them male jobs.This boosted their confidence The women gained money from war work Before the war women were mainly concerned on house work and mother rules the war also made women independent and also very strong Before the war only a few women worked these jobs consisted of teaching,nursing and caring professoins

After the second world war the number of women working increased.That trend started to build and women gradually became more confident.The whole point of the women's movement was so they would have equal rights to men.The percentage of the women working in the workforce was rising and in 1963 women were half the workforce. The women were getting paid less and weren't offered the good jobs. Most managers were men.low percentage was doctors and lawyers.So women demanded rights. 15 years after the second world war were disillusioned. The women felt depressed and wanted to change there lives.It was like the women had to depend on there families and husbands.they wanted to change and develop there own careers.

Women's movement in America In the 1960’s there was one important movement called the Women's movement. This movement aimed to equal right for Women. After the second world war the number of working women increased. After the second world war this continued. In 1940 women made up 19 per cent of the workforce. In 1950 women made 28.8 percent in the workforce. By 1960 the women made up nearly half of the work force. Women were not paid as much as the men were paid. The movement was to raise the status of all women around America.

Women’s Movement The birth control pill was widely available after Employment discrimination in Government jobs was ended. By the 1990s far more women had careers and many more were entering the professions. The Civil Rights Movement grew to include the women's movement and achieved: Equal Pay Act Civil Rights Act on employment Educational Amendment Act outlawing sexual stereotyping in school textbooks. Women became much more aware of their rights. Women’s pay gradually improved. Most people were aware of sexual discrimination and Positive Achievements. The movement argued that women were not content with being tied to the home. They wanted careers and campaigned against: 1. Low women’s wages- discrimination against women in the workplace 2. Overt sexism in society e.g. Playboy, Miss America 3. Demanded the right to control their own fertility (birth control) considered it wrong. Nevertheless, given the numerous obstacles put in place to stop women from changing their status in society, the women’s movement of the 1960s made significant changes for women in regards to basic rights, in the home and in the workplace for the better.

Positive Achievements More Women Workers joined the National Labour Work. Eleanor Roosevelt Pressured the newly elected president Kennedy to set up a society to promote equal rights for women in the USA The Committee that Kennedy set up first reported to the President in the year of The Women around the USA were given the right to Abortion if they willed it.

Women’s Liberation Positive achievements In 1968, women picketed the Miss World competition because they said it portrayed women as objects. To make a point, they crowned a sheep as Miss World –this got them media attention. They held conscious-raising groups on how to beat discrimination and lead more fulfilling lives.

There were now less women as mothers through his movement Women now realised that some jobs that they traditionally had I.e air hostesses would also be open to males There new independence brought new responsibility Women’s Movement Less Positive Achievements.

Less Positive factors At a time when attacking communists had gone out of fashion, many right ringers enjoyed attacking any extreme feminists this helped to explain some of the success of the anti-feminist movement.The feminist groups proposed ERA which stood for equal rights amendment.Mostly congress was in favour of the bill as where 63% of the American population. The most high profile opposition to the ERA was the aptly named group called STOP ERA which was led by Phyllis Schlafly.She argued that feminists devalued the women's role by making it equal with a man’s.

Women’s Liberation Less positive achievements However, some people criticised protests such as the sheep for Miss World competition as although it attracted media attention, many people treated them as a sensation, and did not take them seriously. Many feminists were dismissed as lesbians and not treated as ordinary but dissatisfied women.

The Roe vs. Wade was a case regarding abortion. According to Roe most laws in the U S of A defied a constitutional right to privacy.The reason why Jane Roe requested that she could have an abortion was because her pregnancy was a result of rape!! Although abortion was illegal in the U S of A women believed that it discriminated them.

In the early 1960’s it was illegal to have an abortion in America. Women said they shouldn’t be forced to carry a child that they did not want to have. It was frowned upon to have an abortion and was punishable by imprisonment and a huge fine.

The struggle over abortion began in the early 1960’s. a medical technician called Estelle Griswold challenged the anti-abortion laws in her state of Connecticut. In Connecticut abortion and contraceptive devices were also illegal. She argued that these laws were an illegal restriction on the privacy of ordinary Americans. This case went to the supreme court and in 1965 they ruled in favour of Griswold. This started the legalisation of abortion throughout America.

THE ROE AND WADE CASE - THE RIGHT TO ABORTION Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) was a United States Supreme Court case that resulted in a landmark decision regarding abortion. [1] According to the Roe decision, most laws against abortion in the United States violated a constitutional right to privacy under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision overturned all state and federal laws outlawing or restricting abortion that were inconsistent with its holdings. Roe v. Wade is one of the most controversial and politically significant cases in U.S. Supreme Court history. Its lesser-known companion case, Doe v. Bolton, was decided at the same time. [2]410 U.S. 113United StatesSupreme Courtlandmark decisionabortion [1]abortion in the United Statesconstitutional rightprivacy Due Process ClauseFourteenth Amendmentstate federalholdingsDoe v. Bolton [2] The central holding of Roe v. Wade was that abortions are permissible for any reason a woman chooses, up until the "point at which the fetus becomes ‘viable,’ that is, potentially able to live outside the mother's womb, albeit with artificial aid. Viability is usually placed at about seven months (28 weeks) but may occur earlier, even at 24 weeks." [1] The Court also held that abortion after viability must be available when needed to protect a woman's health, which the Court defined broadly in the companion case of Doe v. Bolton. These court rulings affected laws in 46 states. [3]fetuswombViability [1]which the Court defined broadly [3] The Roe v. Wade decision prompted national debate that continues to this day. Debated subjects include whether and to what extent abortion should be illegal, who should decide whether or not abortion is illegal, what methods the Supreme Court should use in constitutional adjudication, and what the role should be of religious and moral views in the political sphere. Roe v. Wade reshaped national politics, dividing much of the nation into pro-Roe (mostly pro-choice) and anti-Roe (mostly pro-life) camps, and inspiring grassroots activism on both sidesadjudicationreligiousmoralpro-choicepro-life grassroots

Opposition to feminism The arguments opponents used:. Phyllis Schlafly argued that feminist devalued the woman’s role by making it equal with a man’s The successes they had:. Phyliss Schlafly stopped the ERA and prevented the equal rightd law. As attacking communism went out of fashion it was replaced by anti feminism.

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