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35 Cards in this Set
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Betty Friedan
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author
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Equal Pay Act
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which Kennedy signed in June 1963
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NOW
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womens decided to form a women's rights group
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Gloria Steinen
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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 Schlafy
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was pleased when the ERA failed to win ratification
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Bella Abzug Shirley Chisholm
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received national attention
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Cesar Chavez
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NFWA leaders decided to join the strike
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Dolores Huerta
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founded NFWA
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La Huelga
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the Delano grape strike lasted until 1970 when the last grape growers signed new contracts with the union
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United Farm Workers
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NFWA merged with another union
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Lopez
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led the Alianza Federal de Mercedes
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Brown Berets
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inspired by black panthers an activist group formed in 1967
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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
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Angel
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had been inspired by a 1966 farmworkers protest march
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RUP
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Chicano political party in 1967
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AIM
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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
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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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forbade discrimination in jobs, education, or housing
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All Handicapped Children Act
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which required public schools to provide education for children with physical or mental disabilites
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AARP
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became the largest such group
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Gray Panthers
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founded Maggie Kuhn
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CDF
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quickly became the leading children's rights organization
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Marian Edelman
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explained the group's purpose
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generation gap
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between baby boom and their elders
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Mario Savio
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and others helped organize the protest
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counterculture
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or alternative lifestyle
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Timothy Leary
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became the drug's leading supporter
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pop art
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because 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 Bob Dylan
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wrote lyrics that sent a political message to listeners
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Woodstock
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celebration of an era and marked the high point of the count culture movement
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