still greatly lacked the fairness in society they merited. Therefore women themselves took measures to improve and openly dispute about the system. In 1966‚ the National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded by a group of feminists including Betty Friedan being the largest
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First-wave feminism refers to a period of feminist activity during the 19th and early twentieth century throughout the world‚ particularly in the United Kingdom‚ Canada‚ theNetherlands and the United States. It focused on de jure (officially mandated) inequalities‚ primarily on gaining women’s suffrage (the right to vote). The term first-wave was coined in the 1970s.[by whom?] The women’s movement of that time‚ with its focus on de facto (unofficial) inequalities‚ acknowledged its predecessors by
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Valerie Solanos‚ author of SCUM Manifesto and Betty Friedrich‚ author of The Feminine Mystique‚ were not notable authors for their work in the second wave feminism. Although the subject both authors discuss in their work is not the same and both authors have different viewpoint in sexuality‚ they both have underlying similarities. Both Solanos and Friedrich agree that a women should have her own identity and their viewpoint on men. In SCUM Manifesto‚ Solano persuades the female reader into believing
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* Student Rebellions‚ The New Left‚ and the counter cultural movement * SDS (1960) and its goals * 1964 UC Berkeley and student rebellion * Cultural radicals: the hippies * The Rise of Feminism * Betty Friedan and The Feminine Mystique * 1968: the year of upheaval * January: the Tet Offensive and the credibility gap * March: LBJ would not run again for president * April: MLK
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1.) A.) One law passed by Congress that made discriminatory voting requirements such as poll taxes‚ the grandfather clause‚ and voting laws illegal was the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This act made it illegal and attempted to stop the discriminatory requirements and tests. The act prohibited states from imposing “voting qualification‚ prerequisite to voting‚ or standard‚ practice‚ or procedure…to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color”. B
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society. In addition‚ Friedan’s stories are told as a housewife in linear narrative. This reveal the fact that most women have ambivalence and anxiety towards their future life. In ‘Only a Housewife’ written by Johnson and Lloyd‚ it mentioned that Friedan as a housewife was ‘claiming herself to have also been trapped within the feminine mystique’. The rhetorical strategy she used was successful and build a connection between women in a shared community. Similarly‚ Simone De Beauvoir claimed that the
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Cited: November 22‚ 1963 Sit-in Campaign February 1‚ 1960 Civil Rights Act of 1964 July 1‚ 1964 The Feminine Mystique published by Betty Friedan May 7‚ 1963 The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) is founded. April 16-17‚ 1960 Assassination of April 4‚ 1968 Free Speech Movement May 7‚ 1961 Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy June 5‚ 1968 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing September
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of feminism which arose during the 1950s and 1960s. This new feminist movement arose a few years after the publication of The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan. This book struck a nerve with the American housewife‚ and caused many to question if all a woman was capable of doing was merely cooking‚ cleaning‚ and pleasing her husband. In 1966 Friedan and others formed an activist group named the National Organization for Women‚ or NOW. This group demanded equal pay for equal work and enforcement
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The media plays a sweeping performance in creating social normalities‚ due to the many social media outlets. Gender roles exist due to the fact that society chooses to accept them. A great example is how That 70’s Show portrays men and women at the time and you are even able to see how little the pattern has changed from the time period the show is placed and now. The image of gender stereotypical roles in the media depict the difference between a real man and a boy‚ or what the “Correct” female
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There needed to be a change in attitude in order to get rid of the male-dominance in the world. Someone who believed In this was Betty Friedan. She found out that women who were at home were bored and frustrated. She wrote about this in a book she made. Again‚ many people would say that this was necessary in order to get equality‚ as her forceful approach made other women realise that
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