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33 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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A new bill that would make it illegal for employers to pay female workers less than male workers for the same job
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National Organization for Women
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The organization 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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One of the women inspired to activism during the late 1960's
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National Women's Political Caucus
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Created 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 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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New York representative
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Shirley Chisholm
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New York representative
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Cesar Chavez
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Led the NFWA leaders to a strike
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Dolores Huerta
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One of the people who founded the NFWA
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La Huelga
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The Delno grape strike lasted until 1970, when the last of the grape growers signed new contracts with the union
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Reies Lopeez Tijerina
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Led the Alianza Federal de Mercedes
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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 they were an activist group formed in 1967 in response to police brutality against Mexican Americans in Los Angeles
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Rodolfo "Corky" 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 Youth Organization
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A group of students at St. Mary's University in San Antonia that formed this in 1967
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Jose Angel Gutierrez
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Had been inspired by the 1966 farmworkers' protest march
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La Raza Unida Party
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Formed by Gutierrez, the gained control of the Crystal City city council and positions in some other Texas cities
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American Indian Movement
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Became a 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, became a prominent figure in AIM
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Ed Roberts
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A young Californian who had become quadriplegic after having polio
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Rehabilitation Act
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This act forbade discrimination in jobs, education, or housing because of physical disabilities
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Education for 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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AARP sought to eliminate mandatory retirement
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Gray Panthers
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They fought for greater rights for older Americans
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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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The Children's Defense Fund
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Quickly became the leading children's organization
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Marian Wright Edelman
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Explained the groups purpose as "identifying, publicizing, and correcting selected serious problems faced by large numbers of American children."
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Generation Gap
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This grew wider between the baby boomers and their elders as the decade wore on
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Mario Savio
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Her and others helped organize the protests
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