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    The document summarizes the key events and developments of the Second Wave feminist movement in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. It describes how women became increasingly dissatisfied with traditional gender roles and inequality in the workplace as documented by the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. Major organizations were formed like NOW to lobby for equal rights. Influential books like The Feminine Mystique further raised awareness of women's issues. The movement gained momentum through involvement in civil rights and anti-war efforts, with women starting to understand dynamics of oppression. Radical feminists staged symbolic protests to challenge ideals of femininity and fight for greater inclusion and autonomy.

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    The document summarizes the key events and developments of the Second Wave feminist movement in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. It describes how women became increasingly dissatisfied with traditional gender roles and inequality in the workplace as documented by the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. Major organizations were formed like NOW to lobby for equal rights. Influential books like The Feminine Mystique further raised awareness of women's issues. The movement gained momentum through involvement in civil rights and anti-war efforts, with women starting to understand dynamics of oppression. Radical feminists staged symbolic protests to challenge ideals of femininity and fight for greater inclusion and autonomy.

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    The document summarizes the key events and developments of the Second Wave feminist movement in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. It describes how women became increasingly dissatisfied with traditional gender roles and inequality in the workplace as documented by the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. Major organizations were formed like NOW to lobby for equal rights. Influential books like The Feminine Mystique further raised awareness of women's issues. The movement gained momentum through involvement in civil rights and anti-war efforts, with women starting to understand dynamics of oppression. Radical feminists staged symbolic protests to challenge ideals of femininity and fight for greater inclusion and autonomy.

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    A Second Feminist Wave

    • Stirred self awareness and dissatisfaction among educated women


    • JFK exploited women and had many love affairs before and during his marriage
    o Established the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women:
    report that documented occupational inequities suffered by women were
    similar to those suffered by minorities
    o Women received less pay than men in comparable work
    o Less chance of moving to managerial careers
    o Only 7 % of Doctors were women and less than 4 % were lawyers
    o Urged that Civil Rights Act not only be based on race, but also on gender
    • Women dismayed by EEOC reluctance to enforce ban on sex discrimination in
    employment
    o Betty Friedan, Bella Abzug, Aileen Hernandez and others formed National
    Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966
     Liberal change through political system
     Lobbied for equal opportunity and filed lawsuits against gender
    discrimination
     Mobilized public opinion against sexism
    • Feminine Mystique (1963): written by Friedan, deplored traditional role of women
    as wives and mothers
    o “Velvet Ghetto”
    o Wanted women to pursue careers and establish their own identity
    • Involvement in civil-rights and anti-Vietnam movements
    o Gained confidence in their own potential, an ideology to understand
    oppression
    o Given menial jobs by male activists
    o Activists Mary King and Casey Hayden drew parallel “between treatment of
    Negroes and treatment of women in our society as a whole”

    Women’s Liberation
    • “Consciousness-raising” transforming women’s perception of themselves and
    society
    • Began to understand the power dynamics of marriage, the family, and the
    workplace
    • 1968 radical feminists crowned a sheep Miss America to dramatize that such
    contests degraded women
    • “Freedom Trash Cans” were women would discard high heels, girdles, and other
    symbols of their subjugation
    • Insisted on being included in the Boston Marathon
    • Est. heal collectives and shelters for abused women, founded abortion counseling
    services, and women studies programs
    • Equality in workplace and education
    • Women’s Strike for Equality: 1970, largest women’s rights demonstration ever
    o tens of thousands of women nationwide to parade for equal employment and
    safe, legal abortions
    • Controversy over the “pill”
    o Gave women greater freedom in their own sexuality

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