Extended Civil Rights Terms

Rosie the Riveter

an iconic cultural symbol representing the millions of American women who worked in factories, shipyards, and defense industries during World War II

National Organization for Women

Organization established by Betty Friedman to combat discrimination against women

Betty Friedman

American feminist who wrote the influential book the Feminine Mystique in 1963 and co-founded the National organization for women (NOW) in 1966

Feminism

Theory that women and men should have political, social, and economic equality

Women’s Liberation Movement

a radical social and political movement, peaking in the 1960s–70s, that worked and protested to achieve total equality for women

1968 Miss America Pageant

Women protested at the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, Lorena Weeks was about to win her lawsuit, and 2 years before the March in New York.

Gloria Steinem

American feminist, political activist, and writer-editor who played an influential role in the Women’s movement in the late 20th century. In 2013, Steinm ded the esidential Medal of Freedom.

Phyllis Schlafry

American writer and political activist and was a well known and outspoken defender of the traditional family. She was most famous for opposing the Equal Rights Amendment.

Equal Rights Amendment

Passed by Congress in 1972, fell 3 States short, Americans supported ratification the ERA failed and the supporters went to work trying to get women elected into state legislatures

Title IX

Schools cannot exclude in admissions, courses or academic opportunities and schools must provide equal opportunities in sports or must take action to prevent and address and sexual harassment

Girls Athletic Association

Girls' athletic association is the intramural group of sports teams for female students before

Bracero Program

- Created short-term guest worker visas to allow Mexican citizens into the Us to provide work

- agriculture industry, some worked on the railroad

- largest guest worker program in US history

United Farm Workers

Labor union of farm workers that used non-violent tactics including a workers strike and consumer boycott

Caesar Chavez

Spent his childhood toiling like his parents as a migrant farmworker. As an adult he established the National Farm workers association (NFWA) in 1962. Chavez led several high profile non-violent protests that generally ended with better conditions for workers.

Dolores Huerta

grew up in Stockton California eventually becoming an elementary school teacher. After seeing the poverty of her students, many whom were children of farm workers she got involved in advocacy work for the workers and their families. In 1962 Huerta and Chavez confounded the Fram Workers Union that would become the United Farm Worker (UFW) while Chavez was the face of the organization it was Huerta who used her organizational skills to help UFW succeed.

Migrant Farmworker

Person who travels from farm to farm to pick fruits and vegetables.

American Indian Movement

group that focused on helping Indians including the securing of legal rights land and self-government for Native Americans

Alcatraz Takeover

Federal prision there closed in 1963

- In 1969 a group of 89 Native Americans occupied it

-19 month long occupation

-created pan Indian unity

-launched many other protest actions

Wounded Knee Takeover

200 AIM members took over village proclaimed their independence, and refused to leave until Us government investigated condition of Indian reservations

- Made AIM 100k militant/violent

Stonewall Riots

New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located in Greenwich Village in New York City. The raid sparked a riot among bar patrons and neighborhood residents as police roughly hauled employees and patrons out of the bar, leading to six days of protests and violent clashes with law enforcement outside