WOMEN UNITE TOGETHER AS ONE
Equal Opportunities After All
A New Outlook
Women were automatically supposed to marry in their early 20's, start a family young, and devote their lives to being a mother and housewife, regardless of what they wanted to do. . As far as jobs, the 38% of American women who worked during the 1960's, were limited to teachers, nurses, and secretaries. Female wages were less than males. Women were sick of not having a say in their own lives, so they decided to stand up. In 1962 The Feminine Mystique, written by Betty Friedan, created an uproar. It stated how women were beginning to lose themselves trying to please everyone else. This book started to gain more attention to the idea that women should work outside of the homes if they wanted too. The goal of the Feminist Movement in the 1960's and 1970's was to protest workplace inequality. In 1964, Representative Howard Smith and Representative Martha Michigan got a law for workplace equality to begin. When that failed, a group of feminist, including Betty Friedan, launched the National Organization for Women in 1966. Younger feminist, such as Gloria Steinem and Germaine Greer, attracted media attention from their writings and their appealing images. As the Feminist Movement progressed, it became move divided. The younger feminists were examples that women could want their own rights without being humorless, ugly, man-hating shrews. As they were all fighting for the same right, they just did it in different ways. As the women did this, they also starting showing more skin. They wanted to prove that they could do what they wanted without the consent of any man.
The Feminist Mystique
Betty Friedan wrote a book about women not having their own identity. It was very popular and known as The Feminist Mystique. This was the start of the Feminist Movement in the 1960's.
If We Don't Stand Up, Who Will?
Women began to protest. They started rallies in the streets to get their point across. This particular young feminist is wearing a shorter dress as well.
Women Walk into Their Equal Rights
Sisterhood; that was what defined these women. They worked together to fight for their EQUAL rights.
Controversy
Billboards helped to get the word about women's wages being cut, and not being able to work as they wanted too. This was to prove that women were not going to give up, they were chasing their goals.
1960's & still not equal
Women just couldn't understand why they were still being treated so poorly. They created big posters and performed Women's Rights Walks.
We Want to be EQUAL
This young feminist led this specific protest for workplace equality. She is also showing her shoulders in order to prove that she is her own person and can wear what she wants.
SISTERHOOD
In this walk, women protested with specific signs that said that they should be considered a person. They were sick of being looked down upon for wanting to work and have their own money, instead of being a housewife.
National Organization of Women
They wanted it NOW. Betty Friedan and some others created the National Organization for Women. They protested for workplace equality, and equal rights in general. They created this whenever the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was not forcing the laws.
Young but Still Equal
Gloria Steinem was a younger feminist who spread the word throughout the media with her writings and figure. She helped to lead the younger feminist women.
I chose to do the Feminist Movement because even today women are not treated equally. There are also double standards that women still face today with their spouses. We should all be equal, and if this would not have been as big as it was, then women may not have the rights that we have today.
-Tallyn Grubbs