1. WITH RICK ELDER UNIT 9 10/24/2015 1 SS360-AU American Women

2. SS360 – American Women 10/24/2015 2 Greetings and Welcome to our seminar for Unit 9. Now for my Upper Michigan slides of the Week. These are two interesting ones of a beautiful vacation spot in Upper Michigan, and of an old Iron Mine Shaft. This is the final seminar for this class for this term. Your final projects are due at the end of Unit 9. We will go over the Final Project toward the end of the class.

3. Fumee Falls – Iron Mountain, MI 10/24/2015 3

4. Iron Mountain Iron Mine, Vulcan, MI 10/24/2015 4

5. SS360 – American Women 10/24/2015 5 Source: KU class web site SS360. In this unit (Unit 9)we will discuss the rise and fall of the women's liberation movement, including the anti-feminist backlash of the 1980s and early 1990s.

6. SS360 – American Women 10/24/2015 6 We will also examine the influence of politics on women’s issues including abortion, the Equal Rights Amendment, sexual harassment. Finally, we will look at new forms of public life for women and determine a definition for feminism in the modern age.

7. SS360 – American Women 10/24/2015 7 LEARNING OUTCOMES After completing this unit, you should be able to Evaluate the relationship between larger economic and societal changes and women’s lives Analyze the impact of diversity on the women’s movement Explain the ways in which women have reconceptualized the idea of feminism Source: KU class web site SS360

8. SS360 – American Women 10/24/2015 8 You will read Chapter 11, Modern Feminism and American Society, 1965 to the Present, in Through Women’s Eyes. Source: KU class web site SS360.

9. SS360 – American Women 10/24/2015 9 You will participate in discussions on the shape of modern feminism and the impact of other political movements on women's rights. Source: KU class web site SS360.

10. SS360 – American Women 10/24/2015 10 Question 1 (of 2) After reading Chapter 11, think of larger social movements such as Black Power or Gay and Lesbian Activism. In what ways did these types of movements change the lives of women in the late twentieth century? How did race and class affect their involvement in issues? Do you think these movements are helpful to the cause of women’s rights or do they deflect attention away from women and onto larger social issues? Why?

11. SS360 – American Women 10/24/2015 11 Review the documents on pages 701-712. What does feminism mean to you today? Can you think of any recent portrayals, other than those mentioned, of women on television or in the movies that reveal current societal attitudes about gender roles and feminism? Discuss those portrayals.

12. SS360 – American Women 10/24/2015 12 Deep social, economic, and political changes had profoundly affected women’s lives by the late twentieth century. More women worked outside the home than ever before, marriage occurred later in life, and the divorce rate rose. Source: KU class web site SS360.

13. SS360 – American Women 10/24/2015 13 The National Organization for Women (NOW) – was organized in 1966. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Title VII – Civil Rights Act of 1964. President’s Commission on the Status of Women – 1966.

14. SS360 – American Women 10/24/2015 14 NOW – Statement of Purpose – Pg 668. Sexual Revolution and the Counterculture. Effective Birth Control Pills hit the market in 1960. Black Power and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Black Panthers 1966. Angela Davis – Pg 672.

15. SS360 – American Women 10/24/2015 15 The Vietnam War – 7000 Women served. 8 military nurses died and another 56 who worked for agencies such as the Red Cross and the CIA also perished. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) most leadership roles were held by men (like with the SNCC). Fully 50% of war protesters were women. Women Strike for Peace (WSP) Photo on Page 674.

16. SS360 – American Women 10/24/2015 16 Consciousness Raising Sexual Politics – Page 676. There was now a much more open discussion of sexuality by women at this time. Kate Millet – Sexual Politics – 1970. Shulamith Firestone - The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for a Feminist Revolution - 1970. The most basic human conflict was not economic, but sexual.

17. SS360 – American Women African American Women, and the Moynihan Report. Latina Activism Asian American Women Native American Women – 1969 Occupation of Alcatraz Island. Johnnie Tillman – Page 682. Women Activists – Then and Now – Page 687.

18. SS360 – American Women The Equal Rights Amendment And Now for some visual sources from Page 701 onward.

19. SS360 – American Women Final Project Comments: Be sure to use an Abstract Keep contractions and abbreviations out of your project. Watch not to use the Universal “We” unless you were involved directly in the event you are writing about. Be careful not to overuse the word “you.” Any more questions at this time for me?

20. SS360 – American Women You have been a great group this term and I hope those of you who have regularly attended the seminars have found them to be enjoyable and educational as well. Best to you. The End