AP Notes, Outlines, Study Guides, Vocabulary, Practice Exams and more!

28. Women's Rights

POLITICAL

   1. Women followed England’s example
         1. Running in front of horses
   2. 1848 – Seneca Falls
         1. Declaration of Sentiments
   3. Organizations:
         1. 1869 – NWSA

a.       fighting in Congress

                      b.  1869 - AWSA

                                a.  fighting in states

                      c.   1966 – NOW

                                a.  equality in workplace

      3.  Federal Acts

                      a.  1893 – CO lets women vote

                      b.  1920 – 19th Amendment

                        c.  1960 – FDA approves birth control pills

                        d.   1963 – Equal Pay Act

                        e.  1973 – Roe vs. Wade

                                a.  safe and legal abortion

                        f.  1978 – Pregnancy Discrimination Act

                        g.  1994 – Violence Against Women Act

 

SOCIAL

   1. Women’s Role
         1. no vote, husband has control, no property unless widowed
         2. women are few in the west / have more power
   2. 1920’s
         1. flappers, new ideas of women

a.       seen as deteriorating society

b.       clothing shorter – WWI rationing

a.       showing knees, calve

b.  birth control

        a.  women have power to control life

c.  Car - changed dating

d.  Alcohol

        a.  women drinking in bars, more equal

   3. 1930’s – Great Depression
         1. huge destruction of family unit

a.       women becoming breadwinners

      b.  FDR – 1st woman in cabinet

                a.  Eleanor Roosevelt – fought for everyone

   4. 1940’s – WWI
         1. Rosie the Riveter
         2. Sexual Evolution

                                                               i.      Sinatra, bobbysoxers

                                                              ii.      Relationships pushed with men going to war

   5. 1950’s – Return to Normalcy

a.       backwards movement / women back to the home

                                                               i.      gov’t told women to return home

1.       housing boom – track homes

b.       advertising

                                                               i.      TV consumerism  - products for women in the home

                                                              ii.      Ideal mother - Leave it to Beaver etc.

   6. 1960’s & 70’s

a.       birth control approved

        a.  women have the right to choose home/career

b.  Feminism movement

        a.  learns from civil rights movement

                        1.  civil disobedience – bra burning, pageant protesting

c.  1963 - Feminine Mystique - Betty Freidan

Subject: 
Subject X2: 

Need Help?

We hope your visit has been a productive one. If you're having any problems, or would like to give some feedback, we'd love to hear from you.

For general help, questions, and suggestions, try our dedicated support forums.

If you need to contact the Course-Notes.Org web experience team, please use our contact form.

Need Notes?

While we strive to provide the most comprehensive notes for as many high school textbooks as possible, there are certainly going to be some that we miss. Drop us a note and let us know which textbooks you need. Be sure to include which edition of the textbook you are using! If we see enough demand, we'll do whatever we can to get those notes up on the site for you!