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    The 1950s and the 1960s were a crucial stage for the feminist movement, a stage were women sought to find their rights and be whatever they wanted to be instead of what the society ought them to be. It is important we discuss the changes that have happened throughout time to see if we at all have improved, and how far we still have to go in this day and age. This topic is of special interest to me seeing as I love editorial and the printed media, whilst I am also a strong believer in equal rights

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    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and countless others have, in their speeches and writings, created a perfect pairing of words that persists in the mind of the listener. Two such activists of the Twentieth Century were Margaret Sanger and Betty Friedan. Friedan and Sanger greatly influenced the women’s rights movement; despite both being feminists, however, their personal beliefs in terms of other civil rights movements often fell at opposite ends of the spectrum. Both Friedan and Sanger

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    People’s lives are influenced and structured by the trials and triumphs in their personal life, their relationships with others and their surroundings. In the Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath explores the role of women in society in 1950s New York City through her relationships and interactions. Esther Greenwood is the major character and is therefore central to the novel. The book is considered to be a “roman a` clef” portraying the painful summer of Sylvia Plath’s psychotic breakdown in 1953, and contains

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    By 1966, 28 women, including Betty Friedan, established the National Organization for Women (NOW). Betty Friedan was known as the mother of the second wave civil right movement. In 1963, she published a book, “The Feminine Mystique”, about Women’s Liberation Movement, which was known as “the book that started it all”. She had an extreme thought on how men look down on women. The main focus of her thought is the equality between humans. According to Betty Friedan, “A woman is handicapped by

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    once again (“Prosperity and Protest…” 964). An important author living during this era was Betty Friedan, because she

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    top of that, she was a loving mother to her children and a wife. All these traits describe Betty Friedan. Betty Friedan is one of the few voices , starting around the 60’s, who stood up for women’s rights. In the article , “Betty Friedan” by Mario Kaplan from the Jewish Women’s Archive website,it states, “[c]onsidered by many as the “mother” of the second wave of modern feminism, activist and writer Betty Friedan was one of the most influential feminist leaders of the 20th century”. Popular television

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    well as lending a hand in the kitchen. Every day they open their doors to volunteers at 3pm and we work to prepare the dinner and help Mr. Robert and his wife Grandma Betty in the dining room. Within the kitchen, duties range from food prep, clean-up, and serving people that come through the line. In the dining hall, Grandma Betty runs a tight ship. We assisted her with prepping every table, the drink station, and assisting people as they exited the line. As dinner progressed, we worked to walk table

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    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

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    Superhero Training Camp Technology: Collaboration Math: Measurement & Data and Operations & Algebraic Thinking 60 Minute Lesson Superman, Wonder Woman, The Hulk, Cat Woman, Flash and Raven Cards Bullseye Handout Page Pockets (1 per pair) holding: Superhero Training Camp Data Sheet Dry erase markers (1 per pair) Sticky notes (1 per student) Measuring tape (2) Balls (5) String Masking tape Melee Circle (10 minutes) Stations, Everyone! (30 minutes) Super Dodgeball (15 minutes) The Great Comparison

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    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

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