WOMEN AND EQUALITY Presentation by Victoria and Ethan.

WOMEN AND EQUALITY

Presentation by Victoria and Ethan

Many women who fought for Civil and workers’ rights later became active in

women’s rights.

Women make up half of the population in US, but were treated as a minority

In 1848 the Seneca Falls convention happened (women’s suffrage)

Many women attended college but didn’t enter a profession.

For almost every job, women made less than men.

Equal pay act = outlawed wage differences based on gender

Civil rights act - also prohibited discrimination based on gender.

glass ceiling: an invisible barrier to professional advancement of women

and minorities

National Organization for Women: a group formed in 1966 to

advance women's rights.

Sexism - used to describe oppression on women.

Women liberation - movement to combat sexual discrimination

and to gain full legal, economic, educational, social rights and

opportunities for women, equal to those of men.

Feminism - movement for women’s equality.

Working for Equal Rights - One of the main goals of the women’s

movement was to win passage of the equal rights amendment to

the Constitution.

ERA equality of rights under the law shall not be denied by the

United States.

VIDEO ON WOMEN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySfRXOfgbKU

Some people thought the ERA would force women to serve in

the military.

Women’s rights also focused on birth control and abortion.

Birth control - people argued that family-planning centers

should not advise couples on other methods to avoid pregnancy.

Some Americans disapproved the pill.

Some people saw abortions as murder.

1937 court Ruled in Roe vs. Wade that the "the rights of

privacy... is broad enough to encompass a women’s decision

whether or not to terminate their pregnancy.”

AccomplishmentsRight to voteEqual opportunity employmentAre now seen as more than just

housewivesAre more involved in politicsEqual civil and political rights

Tremendous progress has been made

But there is still discrimination and unfairness towards women

In 2012 the US made a proposal to protect a woman’s freedom of choice, achieve pay equity, and stop sexual harassment in all work places

Current Progress

QUESTIONSWhat act outlawed wage differences based on gender ?

What exactly is the National Organization for Women?

What area of women’s rights did the Seneca Falls

convention go over?

What is the glass ceiling?

What did the Civil Rights act outlaw?

WORKS CITED

Coontz, Stephanie. "OPINION; Why Gender Equality

Stalled." The New York Times. The New York Times, 17

Feb. 2013. Web. 28 Mar. 2013.

"Picture History : "Women Demand Equality"" Picture

History : "Women Demand Equality" N.p., n.d. Web. 28

Mar. 2013.

History Alive! Madison, WI: Teachers’ Curriculum

Institute, 2012. Bold

WORKS CITED

History Alive! Madison, WI: Teachers’ Curriculum

Institute, 2012. Bold