Women’s Rights

Movement
 First Wave Third Wave

The first wave happened The third begun in the 1990’s.

from 1848 to 1920 this was Second Wave They tried to embrace diversity,
to achieve political equality let go of traditional and
for women conservative mindsets about
women. Also, focused on the
importante of sexual
harressment, gender and sexual
identies and etc……..
The second wave was
started because of Betty
Friedan's book. So, the
second wave focused on
ecnomic independence,
sexual,social, and legal
reforms

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 Feminism
the belief that men and women should have
equal rights

The goal of the movement is to let

Feminist Movement
is a series of social movements and political
campaigns to fight for women’s rights
women have abortion rights,
policitcal participation, to change
the roles of women in the
households, and equailty legislation
An abortion is when a woman chose to end her pregnancy by having a procedure done or taking
medicine. Women was denied rights to have abortions and have reproductive freedom, but the
supreme court case Roe vs. Wade helped abortions become legal
Roe v. Wade

● Roe versus Wade is one of the most

important court case of all time
because it protects the right of
women reproductive decisions

● The decision happened in 1973 and is

still being debated till this day

● In 2022, the supreme court is

debating whether or not to overturn
the famous court case

● Only 67% of people support Roe v.

Wade, 53% of Republican want it
overturned and 81% of Democrats want
it to stay
“I will defend Planned Parenthood.
I will defend Roe v. Wade, and I will
defend women’s rights to make
their own health care decisions”
- Hillary Clinton
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n it
A In 1991, Anitta Hill testified against Supreme
Court nominee Clarence Thomas that he
sexually harssed her when he was chair of the
Equal EMployment Opportunity and she was
an advisor for him. Since, she was the first
woman to talk openly about sexual
harssement, her testimony was significant. The
vote was 52-48. Since, she was the first
woman to do this, after she went home, she
received death threats and was dislike by
many people but she didn’t regret what she
did.
 WOmen ROles in society
During the feminist movement, women wanted equal roles in society and
they was able to accomplish this because now
‐ women can get jobs, for example, during World War 2, many
women were able to get jobs that available since men left to fight in
the war
‐ Vote
‐ Better access to education
‐ Better pay
‐ Not be defined as a “Housewife”
 “Equality of rights under the
law shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States
or by any state on account of
sex”

✩ ✩
 N.O.W
National Organization for Women

The organization was

founded to give women
better education
opportunities, and helped
women get into politics
Women We want better
should be in education
office too

but it also helped protect

equal rights of all women
in social and economic
life.
In 1963, they passed the Title VII of the Civil
Equal Pay Act to stop Rights Act outlawed job
paying women less for the discrimination and
same job helped all women
especially black women
and other races
In 1963, Betty
Friedan’s “Feminine
Mystique” book The Feminine Mystique
railed up women
across the nation
and even though
women had
everything they
wanted, they felt
unfulfilled
 Sandra O’Connor helped make
Roe v. Wade legal, she
sided with Planned
Day parenthood during the
Planned Parenthood v.

O’Connor Casey case, and she

continued to protect
women rights even
though the other judges
wanted to overturn Roe
v. Wade

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Pink
Collar
.
Ghetto
The “Pink Collar Ghetto” is when women worked low-paying jobs and as the U.S advanced
economy throughout the years, jobs like nurses, dental assistants, or teachers became
woman dominated

Susan B. Anthony
“I declare to you that
woman must not depend “We hold these truths to be
upon the protection of a
man, but but must be
thought to protect herself,
and there I take my stand”
WOmen of the Feminist Movement
Elizabeth Cady Anna Julia Cooper
Stanton “It is not the intelligent woman
v. the ignorant woman; nor the
white woman v. the black, the
self-evident: that all men brown, and the red, it is not
and women are created even the cause of woman v.
equal”
man. Nay, tis woman's
strongest vindication for
speaking that the world needs
to hear her voice”
Lucretia Mott
“Learning, while at school,
that the change for the
education of girls was the
same as that for boys, and
that, when they became
teachers, women received
only half as much as men
for their services, the
injustice of this distinction
was so apparent”