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1 Do Now: Take quiz Check parent portal for missing work. Go to regents review after school 5/6

2 Women’s Liberation Movement

3 Voting Rights Abigail Adams Seneca Falls 1848 Susan B. Anthony
Abigail Adams : Wanted women included in the constitution Seneca Falls: first time women gather to get the right to vote Susan B Anthony famous suffragette

4 Looking for Change Margaret Sanger = planned parenthood
Margaret Sanger: Worked for women getting birth control

5 Traditional Role Wife and mother

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7 Women’s Liberation Movement
Began in the 1960s Grew out of Civil Rights Movement Social/Economic Equality wanted Women fighting for equality

8 Equal Rights Amendment
ERA of 1972 Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Would have guaranteed equality of the sexes

9 Influential Women

10 Betty Friedan The Feminine Mystique 1963 Supporter of the ERA NOW
Betty Friedan: A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking thesecond wave of American feminism in the 20th century. In 1966, Friedan founded and was elected the first president of the National Organization for Women(NOW), which aimed to bring women "into the mainstream of American society now [in] fully equal partnership with men"

11 Gloria Steinem Ms. Magazine Supporter of the ERA
A prominent writer and key counterculture era political figure, Steinem has founded many organizations and projects and has been the recipient of many awards and honors. She was a columnist for New York magazine and co-foundedMs. magazine. In 1969, she published an article, "After Black Power, Women's Liberation",[2] which, along with her early support of abortion rights, catapulted her to national fame as a feminist leader.

12 Achievements College Equal Pay Act
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Title IX Roe v. Wade Sandra Day O’Conner 1981 Opportunity (Jobs, politics, etc) College: More women accepted to college Equal Pay Act: Equal pay for equal work Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Makes sure there is fairness in highering Title IX: Equal funding for male and female sports Roe v. Wade: allows women to have abortion Sandra Day O’Conner 1981: first female supreme court justice Opportunity (Jobs, politics, etc)

13 Phyllis Schlafly "STOP ERA" campaign Traditional Role/Draft/Divorce
Schlafly became an outspoken opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment during the 1970s as the organizer of the "STOP ERA" campaign. STOP is an initialism for "Stop Taking Our Privileges." Schlafly argued that the ERA would take away gender specific privileges currently enjoyed by women, including "dependent wife" benefits under Social Security and the exemption from Selective Service registration.

14 Failures Equal Rights Amendment Glass ceiling True equality?
Equal Rights Amendment: Never passed Glass ceiling: Women have trouble getting high paying jobs still True equality?

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