Zoe Gong

History, Tactics, and Goals

The Feminist start at 1960s. Feminist is the belief that men and women
should be equal politically, economically, and socially. Science the
World War II provided women with greater opportunity.
In 1963, the president’s commission on the Status of women won pas-
sage of the equal pay. Betty Friedan is a women who had interviewed
women from smith college in 1942. and she describe the book The Femi-
nine. As the book become a best seller, women began reaching out to
one another.
Congress gave he women’s movement another boost by including them
in the 1964 Civil Rights Act. This provided a strong legal basis for the
changes the movement later demanded.
The goals of the Feminine is women wants have pursued college de-
grees and careers outside. Also the men and women are equal.
 Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King was a trailblazer in the effort to gain equality for
women in sports. Title IX banned educational discrimination against
women in fields ranging from admissions to extracurricular activities in
1972.
 Major events

Betty Friedan had an idea that considering– the

needs for an organization to promote feminist goals in
1996. the Nation Organization for Women (NOW) has
been created. Then, in 1966, there has a group of 30
women and men held the holding conference of NOW.
A group of men and women march tighter holding
sings while participating in a 1976 EAR protest in Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania.
The NOW set out to pass an Equal Rights Amend-
ment to the Constitution, its membership rose to over
2000.
 The impact of the Feminist Movement

 The women’s movement profoundly changed society.

 Many women have pursued college degrees and careers outside of home.
 Many employers now offer options to help women make work life more
compatible with family life, and flexible hours, on-site child care, job
sharing.
 The significant income gap between men and women still exists, like
women still have low-paying jobs.
 Women have made the most ramatic gains in professional jibs since the
1970s.
 Women made up more than 40 percent of the nation’s graduates receiving
medical over law degrees, by 2000.
 Works Cited

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