2. CIVIL RIGHTS WOMEN, HISPANIC-AMERICANS, NATIVE AMERICANS & DISABLED AMERICANS

3. WOMEN: GOALS  EQUAL RIGHTS  EQUAL PAY  RIGHT TO VOTE  END TO DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GENDER

4. PEOPLE  Elizabeth Cady Stanton  Lucretia Mott  Susan B. Anthony  Sojourner Truth  Betty Freidan (The Feminine Mystique  National Organization of Women (NOW)

5. EVENTS, ACTIONS, LAWS  Seneca Falls Convention  19th Amendment  WWII Jobs in Industry  Equal Pay for Equal Work

6. EVENTS, ACTIONS, LAWS  Title IX - female college athletes receive the same financial assistance as males  Roe vs. Wade - woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy. Made abortion legal.

7. HISPANIC-AMERICAN GOALS:  Equal Opportunity in employment, education & housing

8. PEOPLE  Cesar Chavez - famous labor leader who started a labor union for migrant farm workers  Henry Gonzales & Elgio de la Garza serve in House of Representatives  Joseph Montoya serves in the Senate

9. EVENTS, ACTIONS, LAWS  United Farm Workers Union - worked for higher wages and better working conditions  Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund - Funding for Education

10. NATIVE AMERICAN: GOALS  Raise standard of living  Improve Health  Return of Hunting & Fishing Rights  Fulfillment of broken US treaties guaranteeing Native American land claims

11. PEOPLE  NATIVE AMERICANS ON RESERVATIONS

12. EVENTS, ACTIONS & LAWS  Red Power  AIM (American Indian Movement) formed to further Native American goals (Occupied Wounded Knee SD for two months) Individual Self Determination and Assistance Act - gave Native Americans more control over reservations.

13. EVENTS, ACTIONS, LAWS  1989 - Native Americans awarded $80 million in compensation for lost land.  Secretary of Interior for Indian Affairs - Federal Post created by the government to protect Native American interests

14. NYS and Native Americans  County of Oneida v. Oneida Indian Nation of NYS  Supreme Court ruled that Native Americans had a right to sue to enforce original land rights.

15. DISABLED AMERICANS: GOALS  Full Rights  Education and Training  Mainstreaming  Stop Neglect and Abuse

16. PEOPLE  Dorothea Dix  President Kennedy

17. EVENTS, ACTIONS & LAWS  Special Olympics  Americans with Disabilities Act - prohibits discrimination in employment, public accommodations & transportation  Mainstreaming in Education  Celebrity causes (Michael J. Fox - Parkinson's)

18. Affirmative Action  Taking positive steps to eliminate the effects of past discrimination in hiring  In practice meant giving preference to members of minority groups when hiring or accepting applicants to schools

19. Women’s Rights Vocabulary  Feminism… the belief that women should have the same economic, social and political rights as men  Sexism… beliefs or practices that discriminate against a person on the basis of sex  Glass ceiling… upper-level, better paying positions unavailable to women