POLITICAL

   1. Women followed England’s example
         1. Running in front of horses
   2. 1848 – Seneca Falls
         1. Declaration of Sentiments
   3. Organizations:
         1. 1869 – NWSA

a.       fighting in Congress

                      b.  1869 - AWSA

                                a.  fighting in states

                      c.   1966 – NOW

                                a.  equality in workplace

      3.  Federal Acts

                      a.  1893 – CO lets women vote

                      b.  1920 – 19th Amendment

                        c.  1960 – FDA approves birth control pills

                        d.   1963 – Equal Pay Act

                        e.  1973 – Roe vs. Wade

                                a.  safe and legal abortion

                        f.  1978 – Pregnancy Discrimination Act

                        g.  1994 – Violence Against Women Act

 

SOCIAL

   1. Women’s Role
         1. no vote, husband has control, no property unless widowed
         2. women are few in the west / have more power
   2. 1920’s
         1. flappers, new ideas of women

a.       seen as deteriorating society

b.       clothing shorter – WWI rationing

a.       showing knees, calve

b.  birth control

        a.  women have power to control life

c.  Car - changed dating

d.  Alcohol

        a.  women drinking in bars, more equal

   3. 1930’s – Great Depression
         1. huge destruction of family unit

a.       women becoming breadwinners

      b.  FDR – 1st woman in cabinet

                a.  Eleanor Roosevelt – fought for everyone

   4. 1940’s – WWI
         1. Rosie the Riveter
         2. Sexual Evolution

                                                               i.      Sinatra, bobbysoxers

                                                              ii.      Relationships pushed with men going to war

   5. 1950’s – Return to Normalcy

a.       backwards movement / women back to the home

                                                               i.      gov’t told women to return home

1.       housing boom – track homes

b.       advertising

                                                               i.      TV consumerism  - products for women in the home

                                                              ii.      Ideal mother - Leave it to Beaver etc.

   6. 1960’s & 70’s

a.       birth control approved

        a.  women have the right to choose home/career

b.  Feminism movement

        a.  learns from civil rights movement

                        1.  civil disobedience – bra burning, pageant protesting

c.  1963 - Feminine Mystique - Betty Freidan