WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT - PERIOD 8

BABY BOOM

SHARP POPULATION INCREASE BETWEEN 1946 AND 1964 AS A RESULT OF THE END OF WWII, INCREASED ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTHCARE, AND A TREND TOWARD MARRIAGE AT YOUNGER AGE.

BETTY FRIEDAN

US FEMINIST WHO FOUNDED A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN (NOW)

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

WIDE-RANGING CIVIL RIGHTS ACT THAT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS AND EMPLOYMENT AND INCREASED FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT OF SCHOOL DESEGREGATION.

CULT OF DOMESTICITY

NEW IDEALS OF WOMANHOOD THAT EMERGED ALONGSIDE THE MIDDLE CLASS IN THE 1830S AND 1840S THAT CALLED FOR WOMEN TO BE CONFINED TO THE DOMESTIC SPHERE AND DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO THE CARE OF CHILDREN, THE HOME, AND HARD-WORKING HUSBANDS.

DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK

PEDIATRICIAN AND AUTHOR OF COMMON SENSE BOOK OF BABY AND CHILD CARE (1946), WHICH EMPHASIZED CHILDREN'S NEED FOR THE LOVE AND CARE OF FULL-TIME MOTHERS.

EQUAL PAY ACT, 1963

LEGISLATION THAT REQUIRES EMPLOYERS TO PAY MEN AND WOMEN EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK.

EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

A PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT PREVENTED THE ABRIDGMENT OF "EQUALITY OF RIGHTS UNDER LAW... BY THE US OR ANY STATE ON THE BASIS OF SEX." NOT ENOUGH STATES HAD RATIFIED THE AMENDMENT BT 1982, WHEN THE RATIFICATION PERIOD EXPIRED, SO IT WAS NOT ADOPTED.

FEMININE MYSTIQUE

PUBLICATION BY BETTY FRIEDAN THAT FOCUSED ATTENTION ON THE REALITY FACING SUBURBAN WOMEN.

FEMINISM

THE BELIEF THAT WOMEN SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS MEN.

GLORIA STEINEM

AMERICAN FEMINIST, JOURNALIST, AND SOCIAL/POLITICAL ACTIVIST WHO BECAME NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADER OF THE WOMEN'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT IN LATE 1960S AND 1970S.

MS MAGAZINE

FOUNDED BY GLORIA STEINEM AND SEVERAL OTHER WOMEN, PROVIDED VIEWPOINTS OF FEMINIST ISSUES.

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN

FEMINIST ORGANIZATION FORMED IN 1966 BY BETTY FRIEDAN, GLORIA STEINEM, AND OTHER LIKE-MINDED ACTIVISTS.

PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY

ANTI-FEMINIST WHO LED THE CAMPAIGN TO DEFEAT THE ERA CLAIMING IT WOULD UNDERMINE THE AMERICAN FAMILY.

ROE V. WADE

THE 1973 SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT AFFIRMED A WOMAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO ABORTION.

SHIRLEY CHISHOLM

FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN ELECTED TO CONGRESS (NY) AND LATER MADE A BID FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION IN 1972.

STOP ERA MOVEMENT

CAMPAIGN AGAINST ERA LED BY PHYLIS SCHLAFLY

TITLE IX

US LAW ENACTED IN JUNE 1972 THAT PREVENTS GENDER DISCRIMINATION.