Betty Ross

We chose the topic of The Miss America Protest because we wanted to do something that has to do with feminism. We were first thinking about doing something with Amelia Earhart or Rosa Parks, but then our history teacher told us about the Miss America Protest in 1968. We started off research the protest of 1968 and we started to really get into the idea. We got excited to work on this and have enjoyed it since. We liked that this topic showed how feminism was evolving and how the pageant has changed

On January 29th, 1970, feminist icon Betty Friedan testified before the Senate Judicial committee to protest the appointment of Judge George Harrold Carswell to Supreme Court Justice. With this testimony, Friedan hoped to persuade the committee to reject Carswell’s nomination. In her testimony, Friedan was clear, concise, and effective. Friedan employed many different techniques to provide examples and backings for her assertions. Within the first few sentences of her speech, the activist establishes

“The Importance of Work” is an essay from The Feminine Mystique, by Betty Friedan. The whole essay talks about how humans can contribute to the society with their full capacities through work and that women should hold jobs equivalent to men. Friedan insists that men and women need work that satisfies their creativity and contributes to human society. Today, doing paid work is a necessity because it helps us get through the day wether for our needs or our pleasures. The money earned from work supports

Introduction: Gloria Marie Steinem born on 25th Marc,1934 in Toledo ,Ohio ,USA. She is an American feminist, journalist and social and political activist. In the late 1960s and 1970sshe became media spokesperson for the Women’s Liberation Movement. She works as a writer and journalist for Ms. and New York magazines. She earned national fame as a feminist leader after publishing an article “After Black Power, Women’s Liberation” in New York magazine,1969. In 2005,she worked along with Jane Fonda and

happening again. When Betty was born she was premature. She was so tiny that her mother, Florence, could put her head in a teacup. When the doctor came over she said that that Florence should just give up on betty. But Florence didn’t give up on betty, she just kept stuffing the milk down betty throat. Aunt Mabel was Florence's sisters.she lived in the gray house on the top of the hill on Sevenmile the house next door to Betty. Today it would be three house down from the house that betty lives in today

Betty Friedan was a significant role model to women everywhere in the early 1960s when she first came out with her book, The Feminist. Friedan’s book inspired women everywhere to work with government leaders in order to earn equal pay, and to avoid employment discrimination. Friedan’s actions directly lead to the creation of The National Organization for Women (NOW). This organization fought to ensure equality for women everywhere. They did not start out too successful in the early 1960s, but by

In a shining blue pool, overlooking a beautiful clear city a women tosses a football to wide receiver Terrell Owens. Terrell is lounging in a lawn chair next to a beautiful lady. He continues to tell us of his horrible time in Philadelphia, where he plays football. Scenes of Terrell being abused by fans, and completely cold shouldered unfold. Terrell then tells us how now that he has a Philly Cheese Steak in burger form, thanks to Carl’s Jr, all the fans and ladies adore him. While biting into the

and other social trends from previous decades brought forth the modern feminist movement in the 1960s. These feminists campaigned for gender equality with causes such as equal pay for equal work, abortion rights, and social parity. In 1963, author Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique, which contained reports from a study conducted on female college graduates during the 1950s and early 1960s, which uncovered that most women labelled themselves exclusively as mothers and housewives, and were

Rhetorical Analysis of Betty Friedan’s “The Importance of Work” Betty Friedan, a best-selling author, a strong activist, and the first president of the National Organization for Women, wrote the book The Feminine Mystique in 1963. The book analyzes American women who felt trapped by feminine standards and their domesticated roles in society. In the excerpt, “The Importance of Work,” from The Feminine Mystique, Friedan focuses on American women’s search for human identity, which she defines as meaningful

Betty Ford      Betty Ford was born on April 8, 1918 in Chicago. She lived in Denver and Chicago and then moved to Grand Rapids when she was 2 years old. Her father was William S. Bloomer who working for the Royal Rubber Company and traveled, trying to get companies to buy their products. Her mother was Hortense Neahr Bloomer who constantly wrote letters to her husband.      She had two older brothers, Bill and Bob. Bill was 7 years older and Bob