Women’s Liberation Movement

1
Womens Liberation Movement

• 1920s Young women cut hair, shorten skirts,
  discard corset and layers
• 1930s Survival
• 1940s The War Years gained more independence,
  working outside of home, making decisions
• 1950s Suburban Housewife
• Unfulfilling, dependent
• Birth Control Illegal

2
Womens Liberation Movement

• 1960s Social Change
• Birth Control
• Seeking Fulfillment beyond family
• Women going to college
• Wearing pants
• 1970s Liberation NOW (National Organization of
  Women)
• Women working outside of home
• 1974 Roe vs. Wade Legalized Abortion
• 1979 Title IX Women sports in school