Women Is Better Than The 1960's

Females across the nation started speaking out against gender inequality. Discrimination in areas such as the workplace, marriage, and government had become overwhelmingly obvious and women started fighting back (Banks 207). This uprising coincided with the Civil Rights Movement. During the same time, African-Americans were standing up against segregation and for racial equality. These two movements went hand-in-hand, as they both had similar motives. Both women and blacks were fighting against oppression in their own country, and they benefitted from each other’s successes. But it wasn’t strictly these two minority groups standing up for themselves during this time, as Mexicans and Native Americans joined the cause too. They also spoke out against inequality by hosting similar protests and demonstrations as the black and women’s rallies. This showed how the 1960’s were a popular time for minority groups to take a stand and make their voices heard, and women were only one of the many groups of people who rallied for change during that time.

This number increased largely in 1920s, women earned 39% of the college degree given in the United States in 1929.

In the sixties there were several legal changes, which gave women a stronger position in marriage. The Married women’s property act in 1964 made sure that all women would get half the money they saved from housekeeping, in 1967, the matrimonial acts gave husband and wife exactly the same right of occupation in a family home. Best most of all in 1970, when family assets were divided up the women’s upkeep of household and welfare of family was taken into acount.women were now treated with more equality, and this had been a great change for women who lived in the 1950s. Before, in the 1950s women did not have many job opportunities most of them worked in boutiques or as receptionists all of this was because of the traditional views that women stay at home and sacrifice their career for the home and children, this is because they did not have equal education. So in the sixties law was formed to make sure girls and boys had same education.

The women’s rights movement became organized and gained numerous rights from 1830 to 1860 but their goals were greater achieved with time. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and the Nineteenth Amendment achieved during Progressive Era all made significant contributions and progress toward the women’s rights, however these were achieved after the movement itself. Most concrete change occurred after this period, however these

“If one compares a woman in 1900 with her counterpart in 2000, the gains have been significant. There were the obvious changes, such as the right to vote and other governmental policies supporting women in the 1960s and 1970s. The results were women successfully engaging in certain jobs for the first time. Where women were once a minority, or excluded entirely, by 1980, they accounted for more than half of all undergraduate students”,

The path for women was very clear-cut about how they were all awaited to live their lives in society. Women’s organizations worked to gain the right to vote as well as have a voice in political, economic, and social reforms. The number of employed women in the United States experienced

During the feminist movement of the 1960s, women’s rights activists concentrated largely on equality in the workplace and female domesticity. Anti-discrimination efforts like, The Equal Employment Opportunity Commision, and laws like, the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employee discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin, proved to be ineffective because of the government’s lack of enforcement. Even though acts of discrimination were against the law and were considered illegal, women were still not hired nearly as often as men were and were also not paid nearly as much as men were. In fact, our textbook, America, states, “Women who were 51 percent of the nation’s population and held 37 percent of the jobs, were paid 42 percent less than men” (Shi 1129). This prompted the founding of the National Organization of Women in June 30 1966, which chose the acronym NOW to emphasize their want and need for the end of gender discrimination in the workplace and other female efforts, like abortion and child-care centers. The Statement of Purpose was given at NOW’s first national conference in Washington, D.C. on October 29, 1966. Friedan said, “The purpose of NOW is to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all the privileges and

In 1920, women won the right to vote and they were gradually moving into the male-dominated labor force, but gender roles were not changing much. Due to the World War II draft, many women entered the labor force and even helped run the country. Upon the return of the veterans, many women were forced back into their homes. However, the opportunities for women were broadening and some women began making careers for themselves outside of the home. The 1960’s saw many feminist movements and in 1963 the Equal Pay Act was passed by Congress which enticed more women to get out of the house and into better careers.

Activism has fought for gender equality in America. The woman suffrage movement gave the opportunity of gender equality in America. It began in the 1850s but was lost focused of until after the Civil War ended. The movement was formed by women activist and some men too. The movement’s goal was to gain equality of gender, that women would be able to vote, gain the same responsibilities that came with citizenship and end woman suffrage. The movement included parades, speeches, protests. Many people disagreed that women should have rights to vote and be a full citizen so there were many arguments. The Women’s Movement accomplish to win the right to vote as a women. FRom the movement, new women cafe, newspapers, and bookstores were opened. Not only that but, clinics and refuge for women and help for those in the presence of domestic violence and sexual abuse.

Women have been active since the beginning of the early 1800’s and struggle until today’s day, to fight for equality. There were two women movement waves. The first wave was focused on the equality of the women by working on voting rights. The second wave from 1963 to 1982 concentrated on social issues. As in “Collective Action for Social Change”, Aaron Schutz and Marie Sandy stated in their book “women were tired of being second class citizens”. The civil rights movement spillover inspired women to create social movements by acting and building organizations focused on the issues that affected the women. The social issues were child care, domestic violence, contraception, and women’s health. One of the major topics that the feminists focused on was domestic violence that still exists in today’s day worldwide.

All women above 18 in U.S received the right to vote on August 18, 1920. Today there is almost complete equality for the rights given to men and women. In addition, women are a huge part of previously male dominated careers such as medicine, law, engineering and business whereas in the 1850’s they could only be a nurse, governess or teacher. All education facilities are open to women and for the past 35 years, women have been the majority of American colleges compared to men. According to the U.S Department of Education, 56% of college students are female. In the 19th century and early 20th century, women salaries were less than 50% of men’s salaries especially since employers assumed that working women were single and only had to support themselves whereas men supported the whole family. Today, salaries for women have risen considerably even though the average working woman still receives less than the average

In the United States during the 1960s,there began a period of substantial social change;In women’s issues,the result was a phenomenon known as the women’s

The 1963 report of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women states: “The difference in occupational distribution of men and women is largely responsible for the fact that in 1961, the earnings of women working full time averaged only about 60 percent of those of men working full time.”

(Rampell). Women who are married today have more freedom working, but women who were married in the 1950s did work during World War II. However when World War II ended, women had to returned home from their jobs because the men were coming home from the war. (Stoneham). This is when many women lost their sense of independence because they had to provide for their husband and children again and some women stayed at their jobs in the 1950s.

The media have constructed attractiveness for a long time many sociocultural standards of beauty and. Especially women’s body images have been a primary concern because the value of women has been measured how they look like. How women have similar body traits with the modern female body images has been a significant and essential issue, historically. The sociocultural standards of beauty which have been created by the greed of the media have dire impacts on young females. The current beauty level of the female body image in the media is thinness. In fact, the preferred female body images have been changed through the media. Throughout history, sometimes skinny women’s body images were loved, and sometimes over weighted women’s body images were preferred. Whenever the media have dictated the ideal female