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Briefly describe what happened to Kathrine Switzer when she ran the 1967 Boston Marathon. Give
enough detail to demonstrate that you watched the documentary. - Katherine Switzer was a distance
runner who attended Syracuse University in 1967. Her school did not have a women's track team so she
begun training with the men's team under trainer Barney Briggs. She decided with Barney that she was
going to run in the Boston Marathon and this was taboo because for 70 years women had been
excluded from the marathon. She registered for the race as K. Switzer to keep herself unknown as a
woman runner. While competing in the race, the race director jumped off the press bus and tried to
grab her out of the race. Her boyfriend defended her and pushed him away. She was determined to
finish this race for all women out there in the world, and she completed the race in 4 hours. People
asked her why she did this and she answered "I just want to run!". She ultimately changed women's
sports.
Lesbians and women of color were heartily welcomed in the early years of the feminist movement and
easily saw a place for themselves in the movement. - False
Among other things, Betty Friedan's THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE argued that women (and therefore men
and society at large) suffered if women were confined solely to the role of housewife/mother instead of
having other options. - True
In the 1950s and into the 1960s, it was both legal and common to limit jobs to either women or men.
For example, job ads in newspapers were divided into jobs for women and jobs for men. And most jobs
for women were low-level with little chance for advancement or promotion -- e.g., secretarial. - True
Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique" - revealed and explored the dissatisfaction that many (largely
white, largely educated) women felt at being confined to the role of housewife
According to Aileen Hernandez, the only woman on the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission at
the time, the first gender-based case under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act dealt with what industry/job?
Briefly describe the issue brought to the EOEC. What was the outcome -- i.e., did the EOEC take action or
not? (1 point for each element of this question.) - The first gender-based case under Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act dealt with what the Airline industry, specifically the job of being a stewardess. Stewardesses
were told to be cleanly dressed, wear full hair and make-up, and be in outstanding shape. They were
completely objectified in this job position and they were only valuable when they were still "young".
Once these women reached 32 years old, they were fired. Stewardesses marched to Washington to file
,a claim with the EOEC on this age discrimination. The EOEC ultimately did nothing and this made Aileen
Hernandez quit her job with the EOEC.
Lorena Weeks applied for a position as "switch-man" with Southern Bell, a job for which she was the
best qualified according to Southern Bell's own seniority rules. Her application was turned down and she
was told that the job was reserved for men only in part because "men are the breadwinners" and
because the job required lifting items that weighed as much as 30 pounds (a weight considered too
heavy for women to lift). Lorena wanted this job because... - AOTA
-she needed and wanted the increased income to support herself
-she knew she was qualified for it
-she thought it would be fun and she knew she could do it
-she knew that if a woman could lift a baby a woman could lift the required 30 pounds with little
problem
-she hated men and wanted to take jobs away from men
All feminism is the same and all feminists think the same way. - False
Without referring to any person or event already covered in this quiz, choose a segment (person, event,
concept) of the MAKERS documentary that really spoke to you. Describe that segment (sufficiently so
that we know you actually watched the documentary) and then describe why this segment was a
learning experience for you. (The answer "This was a learning experience because I didn't know this
before I took this class" will earn ZERO points. Your answer should connect to course concepts and
issues.) - I enjoyed the segment of Part 1 of MAKERS Awakening that talked about the Ladies Home
Journal sit-in. This magazine was known to publish belittling advertisements towards women and
degrading articles. These women had enough of this and took action. They discretely piled into
magazine director John Mack Carter's office in groups of three to not raise suspicion that they were up
to something. Once they were all in his office, they refused to leave until they were given a whole issue
in the magazine to write whatever they please. After 11 hours, an exhausted John Mack Carter agreed to
give the ladies 8 pages in the issue to write about anything they want. This may have been a small
detail/victory in the documentary but it spoke volumes to me. I know it probably took a lot of time and
energy to argue with this man and to stay put for 11 hours until a compromise was reached that
satisfied the group. I respect that they took to a large magazine like this and demanded to be published
and get their voice/words out there for the public to see and understand. This was a great example of
determination on the part of these women and it was very inspiring to learn about for me as a young
woman.
,Gloria Steinem took a leading role at NOW when Betty Friedan was no longer able to bridge rifts in the
movement and, according to most, transformed the women's movement because - AOTA
-She had advanced media skills and was able to speak well on talk shows and at public appearances.
-Her own journey to feminism had taken years and hence she wasn't foreign to the issues that many
women faced
-Even as an educated white woman she had a sense of the diversity of women and appealed to that in
ways that earlier feminist leaders had not done at all or to the same extent
Briefly describe Title IX. How did it benefit female athletes? How has it been beneficial to both men and
women's educational opportunities? - Title IX compelled universities and college that received federal
grants to offer women equal opportunities to men, most notably in their sports programs. Title IX
benefited female athletes because it caused most universities to vastly expand their intercollegiate
sports programs for women if they wished to continue receiving federal funds. Title IX has been
beneficial to both men and women because both groups can coexist, compete, and learn from each
other in the college setting and have equal opportunities to one another.
"The Battle of the Sexes" explored in "MAKERS Part II - Changing the World" referred to: - Billie Jean
King's tennis match against Bobby Riggs in which female King faced the male Riggs in what was read not
just as a tennis match but as a battle to show that women could be every bit as athletically strong as
men could be
Sherri Finkbine was a TV personality who's experience made headlines. How was her case a catalyst for
social change? - Her legal abortion in Europe created a conversation around the necessity of safe and
legal abortions in the United States
Roe V. Wade... - -Was one of the catalyst-issues leading to the ERA because it was so connected to
equality for women and women's right to make choices about their own lives
-Was the Supreme Court decision that gave women a great deal more agency and choice over their own
reproductive lives
-Legalized abortion while making certain limitations on abortion possible
After Title IX was enacted to level the playing field between the sexes when it came to educational
opportunities, women's enrollment in medical school: - Increased from 5% to 30% in fairly short order
, What impact, if any, did Phyllis Schlafly have on the Equal Rights Amendment? - Her conservative
activism, in particular her convention in Houston, was seen as a victory AGAINST the ERA.
What is the ERA? Why did feminists find it important? Why did they experience so much push back from
the conservative right? Finally, did the ERA pass? Your answer need not be long, but you must CLEARLY
answer each of the four questions. - The ERA pushed for equal rights in lawmaking without denying
people rights based on their sex. Feminists were having a lot of victories during this time, and this was
the culminating battle that they sought to win in order to secure equal rights in laws as women. The
conservative right, as seen from the video, viewed this as a threat to society and it would cause a rift to
the functioning of the American household. It was believed that women carry children and are to take
care of the children while the men make the money and support the family. It was also stated that
women are obviously different then men and we should not say they are exactly the same and deserve
the same rights. A concern I remember being discussed in the video is that if ERA was accepted, women
would be allowed to be in the draft and that was a major concern for the conservative right. The ERA
was passed in both Houses of Congress but fell short of having two-thirds of the states approving it.
Shirley A. Chisholm is an important figure in the history of the United States. Did you learn about her in
high school history and civics classes? What was it about her political standing that made her role in
women's history so important? Choose the two correct answers - -She was the first African American
woman to be elected to Congress.
-Chisholm was the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Sex generally refers to biological elements (sex organs, chromosomes, hormones), while gender refers
to the more social aspects of what we think of as "masculine" or "feminine." - True
How I use my voice, how I dress, how I situate my body when I am standing or sitting, the names I use
for myself, how I decorate my body (jewelry, tattoos, make-up, hair styling, etc)... - are examples of my
gender expression
Which of the following is an example of gender socialization -- i.e., ways we learn what it means to be
male, female, transgender, etc? - All of the available answer choices are true
One way that families (consciously or unconsciously) "teach gender" (that is, how to "be" male or female
and the relative value of male and female) to children is through - All of the available answer choices are
correct
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