Feminist Movement

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  • Feminism and Women's Rights
    • 1 in 5 women with children under 6 and 1 in 4 with children under 16 had paid jobs
    • By 1963, only 5.8% of doctors, 3.7% of lawyers and less than 1% of engineers were women
    • 38% of women worked in 1960
    • Pay was 60% of the male rate
    • By the end of the 1960s, over 80% of wives were using contraception
    • Women spent an average of 55 hours per week on housework

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