Feminism -the belief that women should possess the same political and economic rights as men
Equal Pay Act -made it illegal for employers to pay female workers less than men for the same
job
Betty Friedan -American Feminist, writer of The Feminine Mystique, cofounded NOW
National Organization o...
Feminist Movement RATED A+
Feminism -✔✔✔the belief that women should possess the same political and economic rights as men
Equal Pay Act -✔✔✔made it illegal for employers to pay female workers less than men for the same
job
Betty Friedan -✔✔✔American Feminist, writer of The Feminine Mystique, cofounded NOW
National Organization of Women -✔✔✔Feminist political group formed in 1967 to promote legislative
change. Lobbied for the Equal Right Amendment (and failed).
Gloria Steinem -✔✔✔founder and original publisher of Ms. magazine, and was an influential leader of
NOW.
Equal Rights Amendment -✔✔✔constitutional amendment passed by Congress--but never ratified--
that would have banned discrimination on the basis of gender
Phyllis Schlafly -✔✔✔anti-feminist who led the campaign to defeat the ERA claiming it would
undermine the American family
Title IX -✔✔✔federal legislation that prohibited discrimination in education whether in academics or
athletics
Roe v Wade -✔✔✔(1973) legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy
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