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40 Cards in this Set
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Betty Friedan
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wrote the influential book The Feminine Mystique
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Equal Pay Act
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which Kennedy signed in June 1963
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National Organization for Women
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Women's rights group formed in 1966 to pressure elected officials to ensure social and political equality for women
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Gloria Steinem
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Journalist who was one of the women inspired to activism during the late 1960s
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National Women's Political Caucus
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to encourage women to run for political office
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Education Amendments Act
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which outlawed sexual discrimination in higher education
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Phyllis Schlafly
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she was pleased when the ERA failed to win ratification
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Bella Abzug and Shirley Chisholm
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they received national attention.
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Cesar Chavez
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NFWA leaders decided to join the strike
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La Heilga
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the Delano grape strike lasted until 1970
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Dolores Huerta
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Chavez founded the NFWA
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United Farm Workers
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Group formed in the 1960s improved working conditions for migrant farmworkers
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Reies Lopez Tijerina
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"Federal Alliance of Land Grants"
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Alianza Federal de Mercedes
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"Federal Alliance of Land Grants"
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Brown Berets
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inspired by Black Panthers
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Rodolfo Gonzales
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became one of the leading figures in the Chicano movement
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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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Mexican American activist group formed in 1967 by college students in San Antonio, Texas
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Jose Angel Gutierrez
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had been inspired by a 1966 farmworkers protest march
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La Raza Unida Party
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Mexican American political party formed by Jose
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American Indian Movement
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became the major force behind the Red Power Movement
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Russell Means
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a Sioux who was born on the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota
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Ed Roberts
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a young Californian who had became a quadriplegic after having polio
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Rehabilitation Act
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Federal law forbidding discrimination in education, job, or housing because of physical disabilities
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Education of All Handicapped Children Act
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required public schools to provide education for children with physical or mental disabilities
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American Association of Retired Persons
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became the largest such group
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Gray Panthers
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Activist froup for senior citizens rights founded by Maggie Kuhn in 1970
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Maggie Kuhn
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lead the Gray Panthers
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Children's Defense Fund
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quickly became the leading children's rights organization
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Marian Wright Edelman
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explained the group's purpose
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Generation gap
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between the baby boomers and their elders grew wier as the decade wore on
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Mario Savio
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helped organize the protest
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counterculture
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alternative lifestyle
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Timothy Leary
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became the grug's leading supporter
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pop art
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it was intended to appeal to popular tastes
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British invasion
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the introduction of new British bands to an American audience
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Joan Baez and Bob Dylan
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wrote lyrics that sent a political message to listeners
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James Brown
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Most dynamic artist of the era
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Aretha Franklin
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know as the Queen of Soul
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Woodstock
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a celebration of an era and marked the high point of the counterculture movement
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