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Unit 7 Social Change Chapter 23
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Latinos Cesar Chavez – United Farm Workers Union Grew from 3 to 9 million in 1960’s Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Central & South America Prejudic & discrimination Barrios “brown power” Political power
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Native Americans Seek greater autonomy Infant death rate 2x that of white American Indian Movement – Occupy Alcatraz, 19 mths. catalyst for movement – Militant – Seized town of Wounded Knee, SD – Gained greater control of their own affairs – Went to court to get land back and compensation
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Women Betty Freidan – The Feminine Mystique – “the problem that has no name” – “Is this all?” Feminism – Women should have economic, political, and social equality
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Women Women in workplace – 40% in the 1960’s Discrimination in Activism – “Consciousness raising” – Larger pattern of sexism
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Women EEOC NOW-Betty Freidan Gloria Steinem National Women’s Political Caucus Ms. Magazine Stop physical appearance for jobs Fight exclusion from sports Title IX
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Women Roe v. Wade- 1973 Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) – 1972 to 1982 Phyllis Schlafly New Right emerges – pro-family – Grassroots – social conservatism
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Women Legacy – Failure of ERA – Transforming women’s conventional roles – Transforming women's attitudes toward family and career – Expanded career opportunities glass ceiling – Feminist concerns were on the national political agenda
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Women Now Representation in Congress has increased from thirty-four women (six percent) before the 1992 election to a total of 102 (19 percent) in the House and Senate today (out of 535 seats) 46% of medical school students are women In 2013, among full-time, year-round workers, women were paid 78 percent of what men were paid
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Women Not just an American problem World problem – Violence – Education – Political HE for SHE Emma Watson
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Culture & Counterculture 1960s Idealism “Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out” Hippie Culture – Haight Ashbury Decline – Hendricks, Morrison, Joplin deaths – Violence – drugs
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Changing Culture Art – psychedelic – pop art – Andy Warhol Rock music – The Beatles, Rolling Stones – Woodstock – political expression – Motown Changing attitudes – “do your own thing” – casual/permissive attitudes toward sex – violence – moral decay – long hair as rebellion
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Conservative Response White backlash Richard Nixon J Edgar Hoover revolutionary terrorism
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