Feminist movements (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Time period of major US feminist movements
Time period of major US feminist movements
1960s and 1970s
Proportion of US workforce that were women by 1960
Proportion of US workforce that were women by 1960
Half
PCSW full name
PCSW full name
Presidential Commission on the Status of Women
Who established the PCSW in 1961?
Who established the PCSW in 1961?
President Kennedy
Year Equal Pay Act passed
Year Equal Pay Act passed
1963
What Equal Pay Act mandated
What Equal Pay Act mandated
Equal pay for men & women performing the same work
Year NOW founded
Year NOW founded
1966
NOW stands for
NOW stands for
National Organisation of Women
NOW membership by early 1970s
NOW membership by early 1970s
40,000 members
Composition of NOW membership
Composition of NOW membership
Predominantly white and middle-class
Year Roe vs Wade Supreme Court ruling
Year Roe vs Wade Supreme Court ruling
1973
Roe vs Wade ruling outcome
Roe vs Wade ruling outcome
Constitutional right to legal abortion established
Year ERA passed Congress
Year ERA passed Congress
1972
What would the ERA have guaranteed women?
What would the ERA have guaranteed women?
Equal rights with men under the Constitution
Who led opposition to ERA?
Who led opposition to ERA?
Phyllis Schlafly