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US Feminism HIstory
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History
10th Grade
01/04/2016

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Woman and Jobs
Definition
  • 23,000,000 woman in the work force have left the "isolation of household 'labor' to face the world" 
  • Giving woman a different path to take 
  • "4 out of 10 woman work in the United States today..."
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The Labor Force
Definition
  • Labor must include having a choice
  • Must be entailing a future for the woman
  • Permit a meshing with marriage, motherhood, and a home
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Reasons
Definition
  • Woman working because of commitment aremore self-aware
  • Greater joy in their children
  • greater physical well-being
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Reasons #2
Definition
  • Forced mothers often quit jobs to find self-awareness and entitlement
  • Quite often forced into low income and and tiring jobs by economic neccessity 

 

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Programs in Woman's Advancement

 

 

Definition
  • Programs such as 'affirmative action' and 'equal pay for equal work' are still weak
  • Aren't as serious as they should be
  • Patterns are found not discussed by law
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Sex Discrimination

Definition
Discussed in 'Civil Rights Movement' but not expanded. Nobody expected the ban of sex discrimation to be enforced for the future being
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High Promotion Jobs Weakend
Definition
  • Jobs with high titles are still viewed as lower than titles of males. 
  • 'equal pay for equal work' may reign true but the work is made easier simply because the gender
  • Discrimation is yet to be enforced
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Welfare Load
Definition

80% of welfare being women and children supported by woman yet few programs have exested throughout history to give woman decision-making posts or job training

 

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1969 Meeting in Chicago- N.A.R.A.L
Definition
  • First 'National Conference for the Repeal of Abortion Laws'
  • Laws created for woman, yet men refused to let the woman speak. 
  • First conference for womans voices to be strongly heard
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N.A.R.A.L Conference
Definition

Statement saying "Asserting the right of a woman to control her own body and reproductive process as her inalienable, human, civil right, not to be denied or abridged by the state, or any man"

 

"Abortion is not a feminist issue"

 

This became a controversial issue within the woman's movement

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The Past Silence
Definition
Woman opinions were not taken into consideration and so the revolution had to appear. Decades of 'standing still' until the feminist decade appeared and woman were accually standing up for their civil liberties
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Comparing Womans Movement and Sex-Roles
Definition
Not to change lives but to break down past barriers of political and economic power. The difference between unequal sex roles of the past and the new age of power
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Comparing Womans Movement and Sex-Roles
Definition
Not to change lives but to break down past barriers of political and economic power. The difference between unequal sex roles of the past and the new age of power
Term
Comparing Womans Movement and Sex-Roles
Definition
Not to change lives but to break down past barriers of political and economic power. The difference between unequal sex roles of the past and the new age of power
Term
Comparing Womans Movement and Sex-Roles
Definition
Not to change lives but to break down past barriers of political and economic power. The difference between unequal sex roles of the past and the new age of power
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