Women - General Flashcards
Women's Civil Rights in the USA 1865-1992 (22 cards)
What factors should be considered when writing a question?
Political
Economic
Social
Why did Women struggle politically?
19th Amendment only supported white women
Gender Norms
Why did Women struggle economically?
-Worse off than men (jobs seen more as a hobby than an actual career, so employers paid them less)
-Discrimination due to motherhood
-Women can’t reach the top of professions
-Gendered jobs
Why did Women struggle socially?
-Gender roles lead to feminine expectations
-Women wanted a right to their own bodies (contraception, abortion, consent)
-Feminists vs Conservative Women
-Gender split by race and religion
What was the 19th Amendment?
Gave women the right to vote
Why was the 19th Amendment less impactful than it should have been?
-Black women still could not vote
-Only rectified in some stats decades later (Mississippi only rectified it in 1984)
-Many women chose not to vote because they believed they didn’t deserve it, and it took decades for a similar number of women to be voting as men
Why did religious enthusiasm make women more involved?
More women become active in church and religious meetings
What lead women to be more active in the early 19th century?
-Religious enthusiasm
-Women campaigned for abolishing slavery (with some helping slaves flee to the North)
-Women became active in promoting Prohibition (Especially during the Gilded Age with the Women’s Christian Temperance Movement)
What was Roe v Wade?
A 1973 law that ruled that a restriction on abortion was unconstitutional
How did women help with Civil Rights protests?
-Some women helped slaves escape the South
-Many women joined movements to support other groups across the period
How did the Civil War effect women?
-400 documented cases of women disguising as men to fight
-Gave women more control over their lives
-Women gained moral authority due to raising funds for armies
What was ‘The Feminine Mystique’?
A hugely popular book released in 1963 by Betty Freidan which awakened many women trapped in suburban housewife roles
What was Griswold v. Connecticut?
Furthered women’s rights to contraception in 1965 although Roe v Wade in 1973 was more impactful
Who was Frances Perkins?
The first female cabinet member in 1933. Her inclusion led to far more women making it into Congress by the eighties
How did Lyndon Johnsons help women?
By introducing a series of domestic measures that dealt with Civil Rights, health care and education called ‘Great Society’
What was the Report on American Women?
A report issued by JFK which covered the issues women faced
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
The iconic image of the woman flexing her arm saying “We can do it!” used during WW2
Impactful for women as it presented them as strong
What is the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978?
Made discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth or other relative medical conditions forbidden
What is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission?
A commission created in 1965 to enforce the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Why was 1973 Roe v Wade limited?
Subsequent legislation was added after such as the Hyde Amendment which restricted access to abortion, mainly for low-income women
What was Queen Bee syndrome?
When women who gained higher positions would make it harder for other women to reach that position as well
What is the 1994 Violence Against Women Act?
Made domestic violence a felony, including making it so abusers can’t cross state lines to reach a victim to hurt or stalk them
