In the 60's in America, the Government regardless of the women's movement from either the external or the internal situations of this movement. They all are reaching maturity. Therefore, in 1966, Betty Friedan and others started an organization in order to push the women rights movement forward called the National Organization for Women.
National Organizations for Women members mainly came from middle-class women who held professional positions and middle-aged
women. Most of them shared similar family background, level of education, life experiences, as well as their inferior position in the society of male chauvinism. These women worked hard at their work but got paid for only half of their male coworkers. Being tired of this situation, This group of women joined this organization which had the goal, "to take the necessary action to introduce women of the United States mainstream society, to enable them to make real men of equal status." Its strategy, to let women enter the mainstream of society, is to use the existing political system, in particular the use of its legal system, to destroy gender discrimination through law suits. The other civil rights group at the time, NAACP, was also using legal method to combat the discrimination from the mainstream world. The similarities they both had (moderate use of the means to achieve the purpose of integration into mainstream society, the similarities with their members background and the social strata of the political experience) had made them closely related through out the 60's.Later in 1967, The NOW took a step further. It demanded, in its first national people's congress, to have equal rights amendment passed as soon as possible and urges the federal government to ensure that women's equal opportunities in employment are implemented in all states.
Good info, but numerous typos and I would have hoped that you would write more. Also, at this point in the term I'd like to see more than just wikipedia as your source.
ReplyDeleteFinally, women today still only make 77 cents for every dollar men make, showing that there is still much work for all of us to do until gender equality is a reality.
Way to touch on women's rights and there come up through the years. It is necessary for the women's rights to be hit on and known in America.
ReplyDeleteGood info on women's rights! I can't believe that women worked just as hard as men, but only received half the amount of money! It was interesting to see that you tied together the women's rights movement along with the civil rights movement and the NAACP. Good job!
ReplyDeleteGood job Steven. This is a very informative blog about woman's right. The women's right movement was a very interesting history to know about
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