Women In America Flashcards
(4 cards)
Women in 1920s
Got right to vote
Easier to get a divorce
Number of working women Rose by 25 percent
Impact of new deal on women
Nra agency chose to set women’s wages lower than men’s
Later agencies employed women, but in unskilled jobs
Woman during the war
By 1943 women made up a third of the workforce
Employed to do jobs they were traditionally excluded from, but still paid less
Served in armed forces
Feminist movement
1972 program passed by Congress to make childcare more available, but nixon believed it was a threat to trad family life so stopped it being passed
1972 equal rights amendment not passed because of strong opposition e.g. stop era, led by Conservatives
1963 equal pay act had to be amended because there were to many exeptions. Replaced with the 1972 equal rights act
Women’s lib and NOW
1963 presidential commission on status of women found
- women earn 60 percent less than men in the same job
- 95 percent of managers were men
1972 contraceptives made legal for unmarried and married women
Rode vs wade passed in 1973
