1. Good Afternoon! NVC HOT ROC: Goals of NOW
Discussion: Women’s Liberation
Essential Question: What were the goals of the Women’s Liberation Movement and to what extent was it successful?

2. To what extent was the Women’s Liberation Movement successful at achieving the political, economic and social changes in society that they desired?

3. HOT ROC: Goals of NOW
Review the N.O.W Statement of Purpose (Document A)
Highlight any goals that you agree with
Rejecting traditional assumption between marriage/family and a job
Not accepting “token” appointment of a few women leaders as a substitute for advancing women, need to have same control over themselves that men have
True partnership with equitable sharing of responsibilities of home and children
Rejecting assumption that man must support everyone, its unequal
Equality of education to help women reach full potential, make better decisions
Underline any goals that you disagree with
How are these goals similar or different from the goals of the Black Civil Rights Movement?
both trying to break norms, break dependency/inferior status
Gender rights about breaking stereotypes , so was black civil rights
Achieve better opportunities for both: leadership positions
Middle class women can depend on men for income, so no poverty

4. Women’s Liberation Document B Document C
Historian, journalist, teaches at UC Berkeley, Ruth Rosen
Women have not moved forward much since the movement started
Women don’t have guaranteed child care, stops them from getting jobs
Today women earn 77% of what men earn, increase but not equal
Abortion still limited despite a supreme court ruling, strange laws that bully women
Domestic violence and rape still a major problem
Hanna Rosin, a journalist that focuses on women’s rights
Male dominance is “changing” for the better for women
Women now have most jobs in the work force
More women getting higher education (college), for every two men there are 3 women getting degrees
Upper class women creating more jobs for other women, a “sisterhood”
Women’s wages are getting higher
In the job sectors that are growing most, women dominate 13/15

5. Concluding Discussion
Whose argument did you agree with more? Why did you find this argument more convincing?
Which of N.O.W.’s goals do you feel women were most successful in achieving? Which of N.O.W.s goals do you think women still need to work on?
Are they any goals not discussed in the documents you feel the modern Women’s movement should focus on?