Womens Progress 1960 - 1990
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- America: 1955-1992 Women
- 1960
- 38 percent of American women who worked in 1960 were largely limited to jobs as teacher, nurse, or secretary
- By 1968 almost all women had full time or part time jobs.
- Employment rose from 50% to 61% within women ages 20 - 24
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- Contraceptive pill introduced in 1960, over 1 million uses by 1962
- Demand for urban living meant 2 incomes were needed
- 1970s
- ERA -The ERA finally passed the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in 1972. Congress included a seven-year deadline for ratification by three-fourths of the states, meaning that 38 of the 50 states had to ratify by 1979.
- Opposition included states' rights advocates, some religious groups, and business and insurance interests
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- The ERA failed to ratify towards the end of 1970.
- Opposition included states' rights advocates, some religious groups, and business and insurance interests
- Women in 1974 were protected by the enforcement states could not prevent women form abortion, 3 months into the pregnancy
- 1970 were only earning about 45% of what men did
- ERA -The ERA finally passed the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in 1972. Congress included a seven-year deadline for ratification by three-fourths of the states, meaning that 38 of the 50 states had to ratify by 1979.
- 1980's
- Women were beginning to be influential in their own right, not just as extensions of their husbands' power and prestige
- First Lady Nancy Reagan, with the support of her husband, promoted the "Just Say No" anti-drug program, with marginal success.
- 49% of undergraduate college degrees were being awarded to women
- Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor (pictured below) to be the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court
- Another way the feminist movement revealed itself was in the way some women began to call themselves Ms., rather than Mrs. or Miss
- Women were beginning to be influential in their own right, not just as extensions of their husbands' power and prestige
- 1990's
- Clarence Thomas was nominated, several women, including Anita Hill, came forward and testified about how they had been sexually harassed by Bill Clinton
- Limited progress from 1980's - women still not broke through the glass roof.
- ROE VS WADE:
- 1960
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