1. Post WWII Feminism
AP US History

2. Context to 1945 1. The American Revolution and Republican Motherhood
2. The Cult of Domesticity
Seneca Falls Convention
4. Industrial Era: working (jobs and conditions), social stress
5. Progressive Era: political action, voting, prohibition, reproductive rights, Muller v. Oregon
s Social Change
7. WWII Economic and Social Change

3. Post WWII Cult of Domesticity
According to Betty Friedan, by the end of the 1950s:
The average marriage age had dropped to 20
14 million girls were engaged by 17
Women attending college had dropped from 47% in 1920 to 35% in 1958
60% of women dropped out of college to get married (Ph. T – Putting Husband Through)
Families continued to have many children

5. Starting a New Movement Betty Friedan – The Feminine Mystique (1963)

6. Economics A) Equal Pay Act of 1963 & Impact B) Civil Rights Act of 1964 & Impact Reproductive Rights A) Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) B) Roe v. Wade (1973) Opportunity A) Nixon Day Care Veto (1971) B) Title IX (1972) Equal Rights Amendment (1970s) A) Against – Phyllis Schlafly B) For – Audrey Tjepkema Politics A) Sandra Day O’Connor B) Hillary Clinton

7. Roe v. Wade (1973) Background: Legal Questions: Legal Decision:
Jane Roe (pseudonym) wanted to have an abortion, but Texas law prohibited abortions unless it was rape or incest.
Legal Questions:
Can states prohibit abortion?
Legal Decision:
No (7-2)
Impact:
Legalizes abortion in all states. Continues to be a controversial decision as Pro-Choice and Pro-Life sides battle over the issue in the “culture wars.”

8. Practice Q Evaluate differences between feminism in the period and feminism in the period
Dot Jot: Context (Define Era & Specific Term)
Write Out: Thesis
Differences:
Define Era A Specific / Define Era B Specific
Complexity: Synthesis (Define Era & Specific Term)
or Opposite Skill (Define Era A Specific / Define Era B Specific)

9. Practice Q Evaluate differences between feminism in the period and feminism in the period
Context:
Antebellum America – Seneca Falls Convention
Reconstruction – 14th/15th Amendments not applying to women, Susan B. Anthony
Differences:
Causes: Republican Motherhood/Voting Denial v Domesticity (Post WW2 Suburbs, Baby Boom)
Goals: Suffrage (Stanton, NAWSA, Catt, Paul), Prohibition (Willard, WCTU) v. Social Equality (Friedan, Equal Pay, Job Discrimination, School Funding) or Political Power/Representation
Outcomes: 19th Amendment (clear achievement) v. laws w/ limited effectiveness (Equal Pay Act, Civil Rights Act, Equal Rights Amendments)
Complexity: Opposite
Reproductive Rights (Sanger, ABL/PP) v. Abortion Rights (Roe), Contraceptives (Griswold)
Legislation: 19th Amendment v. Equal Pay Act, Civil Rights Act, Title IX
Cult of Domesticity (Victorian Dress & “Responsibilities”) v. Cult of Domesticity (Suburban Moms, Baby Boom)
Complexity: Synthesis
African American Civil Rights (Abolition v. Reconstruction v. Civil Rights Era)