objective 11.03 identify major social movements including, but not limited to, those involving...
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Objective 11.03
Identify major social movements including, but not limited to, those involving women, young people, and the environment, and
evaluate the impact of these movements in the United States’ society.
Women’s Liberation Movement
• Feminism, movement to end the discrimination of women, equal rights for women in the workplace/ burned their bras
National Organization for Women
• NOW, National group to organize and promote the goals of the women’s movement
Gloria Steinem
• Author and founder of Ms. Magazine and founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus
Phyllis Schafly
• Conservative opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment/ said that she found her self-worth in being a wife and a mother
The Feminine Mystique
• Book written by Betty Friedan/ women’s self worth is determined by the pursuit of her own goals, career, etc.
Equal Rights Amendment
• Proposed Amendment to the Constitution that was approved by congress but not the states, attempt to add to the Constitution the goal of equal rights between men and women