Excellent presentation by Florencia de Olea and María Gayo.

1. WOMEN
RIGHTS

2. One of the most important protest movements of the1960s and 1970s was the women’s movement, which aimed to win equal rights for women. In 1960´s the role of the woman started to change because of two main factors:
1.More women workers 2. changed expectations

3. - These trends led to what was called the women’s movement. - It was not a single organization. - There were thousands of different groups, all with different angles but with similar aims to raise the status of women and end discrimination against women in all areas of life.
The women’s movement

4. NOW - National Organization for Women
-Founded in 1966 by Betty Friedan
-Co-ooperated with many other movements
-Used conventional methods (political pressure and court cases)
-In 1972 the Supreme Court ruled that the US Constitution did give men and women equal rights

5. Women´s Liberation Movement
They were younger feminists with more radical objectives and with different methos to achieve them.
-“Consciousness-raising” groups
- “The personal is political”
- Bra-burning protests
- The contests treated women like objects, not people

6. It was one of the most important for radical feminists. Abortion was illegal in the USA but feminists believed this law discriminated against women. The struggle over abortion began in 1960 with a young medical technician, Estelle Griswold, challenged the anti-abortion laws in her home state of Connecticut. In Connecticut, not only abortion but contraceptive devices, too, were illegal.
Roe v. Wade – the right to abortion

7. Opposition to the women´s movement
One of the most important anti-feminist movement was STOP ERA, led by Phyllis Schafly.
- ERA stood for the Equal Rights Amendment, specifically to outlaw sex discrimination
- She stated that feminists devaluaded the women´s role and denied the rights of the unborn child by their support of abortion