A good summary on Us civil Rights movements (women's movement, the peace movement, etc. ), Black power and other forms of protest in the USA. It is made from class notes, two textbooks, and other notes. It is good to study for finals and it has everything you need. If you feel I left something out,...
Introduction and overview to civil society protest
Background and focus:
- In WW2 the Allies fought Nazi Germany to save democracy
o ≠ lasting peace or a better society
Sexism, racism, war in Vietnam and Apartheid
nuclear weapons = issues nuclear weapons = issues
- Generation after WW2 = Baby boomers
o Concerned about injustices and human right
o Challenged their parents and conventional society
What is meant by civil society protest?
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,- Actions of ordinary citizens against government policies or situations
o Forms = marches, demonstrations, strikes, campaigns etc.
o Draw attention to injustices + influence the public
- UK + USA citizens = disillusioned with democratic institutions
o Reasons:
Felt their rights = violated
Government wasn’t putting the people first
Desire for social change (Vietnam + Apartheid)
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, Women’s liberation and feminist movements
Traditional role of women:
- After WW2 jobs given back to men
- Male dominated society = women were housewives + mothers
- Women = pink collar jobs
o ≠ many in high positions
What was the women’s liberation movement?
- After WW2 nuclear weapons = issues women in universities + workplaces
o Dissatisfied with women positions
- Women’s liberation formed to fight for women’s rights like:
o Recognize their dignity and worth
o Enable women (equal rights)
o More control
- Not one organization but many
- Their coincided with the manufacturing of the birth control pill
Women’s movement in the USA in the 1960’s:
- Most active feminist group = National Organization of Women (NOW)
o Founded by Betty Friedan
o NOW’s focus:
End discrimination in the work place
Success = flight attendants cant ≠ when they get married
The issue of abortion
- Younger feminists set up ‘conscious-raising groups’
o Demonstrated at the Miss America Pageant (1968)
Crowned a sheep as Miss America
o Freedom trash cans = heels, make-up + curlers
Items worn to please men
- Victories:
o 1964 Civil Rights Act
Prohibited discrimination of race or gender at work
o By 1979, NOW = 100 000 members
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