Other Social Movements

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Other Social Movements

• Chapter 30

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Background to the Womens Movement

• Feminism
• Increased employment and education during the
  1950s and 1960s
• Expected to only work a short time and then start
  a family
• Paid less than men for the same jobs
• Civil Rights Movement
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Womens Groups
• Betty Friedans the Feminine Mystique
• National Organization of Women (NOW)

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Womens Movement (cont.)

• Impact of Feminism
• Literary
• Ms. Magazine Gloria Steinham
• Roe v. Wade (1973) legalized abortion
• The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) didnt pass
• Opposition to the Womens Movement
• Men want traditional roles
• African American women focused on civil rights
  rather than womens rights

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Ethnic Minorities Seek Equality

• Latinos
• Cesar Chavez
• United Farm Workers (UFW)
• Boycotts
• Help for farm workers (migrant)
• Asians
• Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
• Legislation that compensated those who were in
  camps in WWII
• Hawaii statehood pride for Asian Americans

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Native American Struggles

• Not citizens until 1924
• High rates of unemployment, alcoholism, and
  suicide
• The American Indian Movement (AIM)
• Wanted autonomy self govt.
• Occupation of Alcatraz (abandoned prison), failed
• Wounded Knee site of 1890 massacre of Sioux
• AIM took over village to draw attention to
  issues
• Violence broken up
• Indian Education Act Indian Self-Determination
  Act (1970s)

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Environmental Movement

• Rachel Carson- Silent Spring
• DDT (pesticide) destruction of species harm to
  humans
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) insured
  safety at sites
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Clean Air Act (1970)
• Clean Water Act (1972)
• The Consumer Movement
• Ralph Nader dangers of cars coffins on
  wheels
• Naders Raiders reformers
• Motor Vehicle Safety Act
• Wholesome Meat Act