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15 Cards in this Set
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Betty Friedan
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Author who helped spark women's movement.
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Equal Pay Act (1963)
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Federal law that made it illegal for employers to pay female workers less than male workers for the same job.
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National Organization for Women (NOW)
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Women's right group
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Gloria Steinmen
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Women inspired to activism during late 1960's.
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National Women's Political Caucus
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Group formed by Gloria Steinmen and others in 1971 to encourage women to run for political office.
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Education Amendments Act (1972)
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Federal law prohibiting sexual discrimination in higher education.
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Phyllis Schlafly
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A vocal opponent to the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Bella Abzug
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NY representative.
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Shirley Chisholm
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NY representative.
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Dolores Huerta
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Former CSO worker.
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César Chávez
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NFWA leader who decided to join a strike.
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La Huelga (1965-70)
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Successful strike by migrant farmworkers in California against grape growers, led by César Chávez.
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United Farm Workers (UFW)
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Group formed in the 1960's to improve working conditions for migrant farmworkers.
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Reies López Tijerina
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Led the Alianza Federal de Mercedes in northern New Mexico.
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Alianza Federal de Mercedes
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Federal Alliance of Land Grants; group led by Reies López Tijerina to try to regain land taken form Mexican Americans.
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