Learning Targets

Place Women’s Liberation in historical context

Understand the major gains and losses of the Women’s Liberation Movement

Evaluate gender equality today

“The Liberation of Marcia Brady”

What was the purpose of the women’s liberation movement?

What did Marcia do to fight for equal rights? Do you think Marcia succeeded? What stereotypes of girls/boys did you see? Would you have joined the Frontier Scouts or

the Sunflower Girls to prove a point? Why or why not?

1920: 19th Amendment passed

• Women can vote

Women Celebrating!

1930s: Great Depression

• Women’s rights not a priority

1940s: WWII “Rosie the Riveter”

• Women working outside the home

1950s: “Domestic” Decade

• Women return to traditional roles

A Good Wife in the 50s

HOW TO BE A GOOD WIFEHome Economics High School Text Book, 1954

    Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal, on time. This is a way of letting him know

that you have been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospect of a good meal are part of the warm welcome needed.

  Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so that you'll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your makeup, put a ribbon in

your hair and be fresh-looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people. His boring day may need a lift.  

Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the home just before your husband arrives, gather up schoolbooks, toys, paper, etc. Then run a dust cloth over the tables. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest

and order, and it will give you a lift, too.  

Prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash the children's hands and faces (if they are small), comb their hair, and if necessary change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part.

  Minimize all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of the washer, dryer, dishwasher, or vacuum. Try to

encourage the children to be quiet. Be happy to see him. Greet him with a warm smile and be glad he is home.  

Some don'ts: Don't greet him with problems or complaints. Don't complain if he is late for dinner. Count this as minor compared with what he might have gone through that day. Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable

chair or suggest he lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soft, soothing and pleasant voice. Allow him to relax and unwind.

  Listen to him. You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first.

  Make the evening his. Never complain if he does not take you out to dinner or to other places of entertainment. Instead, try

to understand his world of strain and pressure, his need to be home and relax.  

The Goal: Try to make your home a place of peace and order where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit.

1960s: Decade of Protest

•Women see need for own equal rights

Women aiding Civil Rights and Vietnam protests.

1963: Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

• Women’s Liberation “bible”

1966: National Organization for Women (NOW) formed

• Concerned with rights of working women

Late 1960s: Radical feminists emerge

• Wanted women’s “liberation,” not just equal rights

Women Protesting the 1968 Miss America Pageant

1972: Title IX passed

• Public schools could not discriminate on the basis of gender

1972: Equal Rights Amendment

• Introduced in 1923 by Alice Paul• Considered seriously by Congress in 1972Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.

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Equal Rights Amendment Today

• Passed in Congress but never ratified (3 states short)• Still debated today

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Equal Rights Amendment:1972 Senate Hearing

Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.

Obama White House Report on Status of Women (3/1/11)

1. Women have not only caught up with men in college attendance but younger women are now more likely than younger men to have a college or a graduate degree. Women are also working more and the number of women and men in the labor force has nearly equalized in recent years. As women's work has increased, their earnings constitute a growing share of family income.

Obama White House Report on Status of Women (3/1/11)

2. Gains in education and labor force involvement have not yet translated into wage and income equity. At all levels of education, women earned about 75 percent of what their male counterparts earned in 2009. In part because of these lower earnings and in part because unmarried and divorced women are the most likely to have responsibility for raising and supporting their children, women are more likely to be in poverty than men. These economic inequities are even more acute for women of color.

Obama White House Report on Status of Women (3/1/11)

3. Women are less likely than in the past to be the target of violent crimes, including homicide. But women are victims of certain crimes, such as intimate partner violence and stalking, at higher rates than men.

Final Reflection

Do you believe there is a need for an Equal Rights Amendment today? Why or why not? answer in proper paragraph essay format