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Title: Other Social Movements


1
Other Social Movements
  • Chapter 30

2
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)

3
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

4
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

5
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)

6
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
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