2. Happy Memorial Day! Texts?
Did you do Regents review 1-3? Questions on shared document?
Warren Court- what did you get out of yesterday?
Today: beginning of the modern women’s rights movement: feminism

3. Chief Justice Earl Warren 1953- 1969
“Warren Court” known for siding in favor of civil rights
Brown v. Board…. First to overturn Plessy
Miranda v. Arizona- police must make accused aware of rights before questioning
Gideon v. Wainwright- right to attorney in all cases
14th Amendment: expands constituional rights to protection from states

4. The modern feminist movement begins
What inequalities did women face in the Cold War era?
What is the significance of The Feminine Mystique?
Key terms/ what are the accomplishments and goals of the modern feminist movement?

5. According to video…..
Positive aspects:
Neither/ Both Positive or Negative aspects
Negative aspects
Would you have liked to have grown up/ lived in the world depicted in the video?
What was life like for women during this time?

6. Betty Friedan- The Feminine Mystique 1963
mystique: a fascinating aura of mystery, awe, and power surrounding someone or something.
In reading the passage, what do you think the “feminine mystique” is?
Why did women “suffer alone”, do you think?
Why do you think this book catalyzed the modern women’s rights movement in the 1960s?

7. Betty Friedan
“Each suburban wife struggled with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffered Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night — she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question — "Is this all?””
In reading the passage, what do you think the “feminine mystique” is?
Why did women “suffer alone”, do you think?
Why do you think this book catalyzed the modern women’s rights movement in the 1960s?

8. Textbooks?
Review today room 121
Wrap up feminism- modern women’s rights
Significant terms, etc.
Regents practice- go over some questions

9. The birth of feminism- 2nd video questions
Why do you think the birth control pill “helped to propel the development of a women’s movement?”
Why were women protesting the Miss America Pageant? What’s up with the sheep? Why were women throwing bras and high heels into “freedom trashcans”? How could they be seen as “instruments of oppression”?
What lessons did women learn from the success of the Civil Rights movement? (think of our “dual” timeline)

10. Feminism
Women should have economic, political, and social equality with men
Basis of the modern women’s rights movement

11. Kennedy Commission findings:
Women paid far less for same work

12. Kennedy Commission findings:
2. “Glass ceiling”: What do you think a “glass ceiling is”?

13. Kennedy Commission findings:
2. “Glass ceiling”: Women seldom promoted to higher positions, regardless of their education, experience, and ability

14. What is Sexism? (Word is created in 1965) Dictionary.com:
1. attitudes or behavior based on traditional stereotypes of sexual roles.
Does sexism exist today?
If so, what does it look like? (can you give examples?

15. Does this exist today?

16. Betty Friedan and National Organization for Women (NOW)
Equal rights in
Jobs
Pay
Education
Take discrimination cases to court
Other causes
Maternity leave and child care centers
Push for women to become politically active

17. 1972 Higher Education Act (TITLE IX)
"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance...“
Significance: HS and college athletics to be offered equally to both sexes
All male schools open their doors to women

20. Rowe v. Wade
Women guaranteed right to an abortion during first three months of pregnancy
Constitutional “right” to privacy

21. Equal Rights Amendment
“Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”
Originally written by Alice Paul, 1923

22. Equal Rights Amendment?
1972- Congress passes, but…
Fails in states
Interestingly, higher % of men in favor than women (63% v 54%)
 35 of the required
38 states ratify…
Phyllis Schafly: fought against Amendment:
1- women would be drafted
2- break down of traditional family