Women Fight for Equality

1. Experiences in the workplace

Once women realized the descrimination they faced in the workplace from their emploiers, they were motivated to further the feminist cause to reach the goal of complete equality to men.

2. Experiences in social activism

When women as a collective began to realize that the discrimination they faced when attempting to become involved in social activism, they realized that their cases were not isolated issues, but evidence of a large scale sexism which the country was facing.

3. "Consciousness raising"

Many groups, such as the NOW, were formed around this time in order to make the cause of feminism more widespread and more relevant in legslation. Their passionate activism helped get legislation passed which banned the descrimination of gender when hireing for jobs, and made the cause more widespread and organized.

4. Feminism

All of the previously listed factors went into making the feminst movement very wide spread. Women were finally realizing what they were missing out on, and fought to get it.

5. Betty Friedan and The Feminine Mystique

This magizene because very widespread and helped widen the feminism movement and intensify the passion which drove the women.

6. Civil Rights Act of 1964

This act was the result of the hard work of many feminist activists and officialy made it illegal to descriminate based on gender. It was a major victory for the feminist movemnet.

7. National Organization for Women (NOW)

This foundadition helped increase awareness for the feminist movement and fourght hard for pro-feminist legislation.

8. Gloria Steinem and Ms. Magazine

Steinem and her magizene were more factors which gained support and awareness for the feminist cause. The major boost in awareness for the cause during this time is what fuled the pro-faminist legislation which was passed.

9. Congress

Congress passed legislation which helped the feminist cause, including the Civil Rights act.

10. Supreme Court

At this time the Supreme Court began to make pro-feminist rulings which were major victories for the cause.

11. The Equal rights Amendment would have guaranteed equal rights under the law, regardless of gender. Who opposed this amendment? Why?

Extream conservatives and sexist people opposed this movement because they saw the way of life which they invisioned being lost. The traditional lifestyle of a woman's place being at the home and a man's place being at work was fading and it scared these people.