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20 Cards in this Set
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Betty Friedan
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Author whose novel The Feminine Mystique caused many women to feel unaccomplished in their life.
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Equal Pay Act
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Made it illegal for women to get payed less than men for doing the same job.
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National Organization for Women
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Organization that lobbied, or tried to influence elected officials to ensure social and economic equality for women.
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Gloria Steinem
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Woman inspired to activism during the late 1960's who became a journalist and used her journalism to make other women aware and join the movements.
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National Women's Political Caucus
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made to encourage 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 Schlaffy
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critic who was pleased when the ERA failed to win ratification.
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Bella Abzug
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New York representative who became an outspoken supporter of women's issues in Congress.
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Shirley Chisholm
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First African American woman elected to Congress.
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Cesar Chavez
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Son of Mexican American farmers who was influenced by his parents to assist fellow migrant workers.
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Dolores Huerta
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CSO worker who helped Cesar Chavez after he left the organization.
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La Huelga
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Name for the grape strike that lasted until 1970
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United Farm Workers
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Group thats accomplishments and leadership inspired many Mexican Americans to fight discrimination.
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Reies Lopez Tijerina
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Leader of the Alianza Federal de Mercedes.
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Alianza Federal de Mercedes
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Federal Alliance of Land Grants that worked to regain land that had been taken from Mexican Americans.
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Brown Berets
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Activist group formed in response to police brutality.
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Crusade for Justice
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Group that promoted Mexican American nationalism.
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Mexican American Youth Organization
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Group of students at St. Mary's University in San Antonio.
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Jose Angel Gutierrez
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inspired by a 1966 farmworkers protest march to create the MAYO.
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La Raza Unida Party
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Party formed after Gutierrez had success in Crystal City.
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