Womens rights
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WOMEN
RIGHTS
One of the most important protest
movements of the1960s and 1970s was the
women’s movement, which aimed to win equal
rights for women.
In 1960´s the role of the woman started to
change because of two main factors:
1. More women workers
2. changed expectations
- These trends led to what was called the
women’s movement.
- It was not a single organization.
- There were thousands of different groups,
all with different angles but with similar aims
to raise the status of women and end
discrimination against women in all areas of
life.
The women’s movement
NOW - National Organization
for Women
- Founded in 1966 by Betty Friedan
- Co-ooperated with many other movements
- Used conventional methods
(political pressure and court cases)
- In 1972 the Supreme Court
ruled that the US Constitution
did give men and women equal
rights
Women´s Liberation
Movement
They were younger feminists with
more radical objectives and with
different methos to achieve them.
- “Consciousness-raising” groups
- “The personal is political”
- Bra-burning protests
- The contests treated women
like objects, not people
It was one of the most important for radical feminists.
Abortion was illegal in the USA but feminists believed this
law discriminated against women.
The struggle over abortion began in 1960 with a young
medical technician, Estelle
Griswold, challenged the anti-abortion laws in her home
state of Connecticut. In Connecticut, not
only abortion but contraceptive devices, too, were illegal.
Roe v. Wade – the right to
abortion
Opposition to the
women´s movement
One of the most important
anti-feminist movement was
STOP ERA, led by Phyllis Schafly.
- ERA stood for the Equal
Rights Amendment,
specifically to outlaw sex
discrimination
- She stated that feminists
devaluaded the women´s
role and denied the rights
of the unborn child by their
support of abortion