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43 Cards in this Set
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Betty Friedan
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Wrote the book The Feminine Mystique
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Equal Pay Act
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Act that would make it illegal for employers to pay females workers less than male workers for the same job.
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National Organization for Women
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Tried to influence elected officials to ensure social and economic equality for women
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Gloria Steinem
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Women Activist
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National Women's Political Caucus
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Encouraged women to run for political office
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Education Amendments Act
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Outlawed sexual discrimination in higher education.
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Phyllis Schlafly
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Conservative critic that was pleased when the ERA failed to win ratification.
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Bella Abzug
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An outspoken supporter of women's issues in Congress.
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Shirley Chisholm
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The first African American women elected to Congress. Also first to run for president.
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Cesar Chavez
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Led NFWA
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Delores Huerta
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Helped Chavez found the NFWA
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La Huelga
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The Delano grape strike
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United Farm Workers
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inspired Mexican Americans to fight discrimination
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Reies Lopez Tijerina
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Led the Alianza Federal de Mercedes
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Alianza Federal de Mercedes
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Worked to regain land that had been taken from Mexican Americans
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Brown Berets
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An activist group in response to police brutality
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Rodolfo Gonzales
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Interested in issues other than farm-workers' rights, land grants, and educational reform.
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Crusade for Justice
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A group that promoted Mexican American nationalism
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Mexican American Youth Organization
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A group of students at St. Mary's University in San Antonio
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Jose Angle Gutierrez
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One of MAYO's founders
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La Raza Unida Party
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A Chicano political party
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American Indian Movement
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Called for a renewal of American Indian culture and recognition of American Indian's rights.
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Russell Means
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A prominent figure for AIM
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Ed Roberts
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Quadriplegic that insisted that people with disabilities deserved equal access to public facilities.
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Rehabilitation Act
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Forbade discrimination in jobs, education, or housing because of physical disabilities.
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Education for Al Handicapped Children Act
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Required public schools to provide education for children with physical of mental disabilities.
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American Association of Retired Persons
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Sought to eliminate mandatory retirement.
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Gray Panthers
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Group for the elderly
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Maggie Kuhn
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Founded the Gray Panthers
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Older Americans Act
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Committed the government to providing elderly Americans with adequate income and medical care.
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Children's Defense Fund
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Leading children's rights organization.
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Marian Wright Edelman
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Director of the CDF
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generation gap
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Difference in years, attitudes, and cultural beliefs between generations applied to baby boomers and their elders during the 1960s
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counterculture
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Alternative lifestyle; for example, the culture of hippies in the 1960s
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pop art
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Movement that challenged the values of traditional art by taking inspiration from popular culture.
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Mario Saio
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Protester at the University of California
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Timothy Leary
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LSD's leading supporter. Harvard University instructor that used LSD on his students.
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British invasion
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Introduction of new British bands to Americans in the 1960s
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Joan Baez
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Folk artist that sent political messages in his songs.
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Bob Dylan
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Folk artist that sent political messages in his songs.
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James Brown
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most dynamic artist of the era. Performed a form of rhythm-and-blues known as soul
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Aretha Franklin
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The Queen of Soul
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Woodstock
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A concert/celebration of an era and marked the high point of the counterculture movement.
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