1. Unit 8 Cornell C
“How did the Women’s Movement get started in Postwar America and what were the goals for the Feminist movement ?”

2. I. Problems Women Face in 1950’s  Modern Women’s Movement
A. ECONOMIC/Work FORCE
“Wage-GAP”
% of men’s income: % (37 cents)
76% (76 cents)
See Pg Do skill-builder questions #1 and #2 on the back of notes
Most jobs for women =
PART-time
limited OPPORTUNITIES regardless of EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE or PERFORMANCE (glass ceiling)
Limited CAREERS--mostly in……..
EDUCATION, NURSING, or office-SECRETARY (low paying)

3. I. Problems Women Face in 1950’s  Modern Movement
Cultural STEREOTYPE of women = “women are…….
WEAK,
DEPENDENT on men
EMOTIONAL,
born to be MOTHERS,
are not SMART or
INTELLIGENT,
If they are unhappy, then they’re emotionally DISTURBED
and probably need MEDICATION/THERAPY”
Social – CULTURAL
Society pushes TRADITIONAL role:
Dr. Ben SPOCK – worte how important MOTHERHOOD is  leads to:
feelings of GUILT if women don’t FOLLOW THIS ROLE

4. How the Women’s Movement Starts
II. The Beginning of the Movement – Where did women get ideas for their movement ? A. Other Movements: The CIVIL RIGHTS movement and the Anti-WAR movement made women more AWARE of their INFERIORITY  They see how others take ACTION to demand their RIGHTS and EQUAL status

5. How the Women’s Movement Starts
II. The Beginning of the Movement B. Betty FRIEDAN’s book: The Feminine Mystique (1963) Captures the UNHAPPINESS & DISCONTENT women felt with their lives, as UN-FULFILLED, meaningless

6. How the Women’s Movement Starts
II. The Beginning of the Movement These sources raise CONSCIOUSNESS of Women= AWARENESS of their INFERIOR status compared to men  FEMINISM = belief that women should have Economic, social, political equality Fight against STEREOTYPING & GENDER BIAS

7. Interactive Notes: Pg. 778
3. In what two ways did the Civil Rights Act of 1964
help the women’s movement?
4. Why was NOW created?

8. III. Goals of the Women’s Movement
Various organizations – like National Organization for Women (NOW), 1966 work on certain goals on behalf of women: 1. Passage of EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT (ERA) Constitutional amendment: “equality… not be denied on account of gender” – failed to pass CIVIL Rights Act of 1964 passed

9. III. Goals of the Movement
“REPRODUCTIVE rights” --
LEGALIZED ABORTION
upheld in Supreme Court case: Roe v. Wade in 1973

10. III. Goals of the Movement
Interactive Notes Q&A’s: Pg
5. Who opposed the ERA (which woman and organizations) ? Why did they oppose the ERA ? (779)
6. Find one other “legal and social gain” ( )