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43 Cards in this Set
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Betty Friedan
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Women's rights activist
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Equal Pay Act
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Allowed men and women to have equal pay
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NOW
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Women's rights group
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Gloria Steinem
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Women's rights journalist
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NWPC
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Encouraged women to run for political office
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Education Amendments Act
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Outlaws sexual discrimination in higher education
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Phyllis Schlafly
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Opposed ERA
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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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Leader of NFWA
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Dolores Huerta
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CSO worker
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La Huelga
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Delano grape strike
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UFW
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The new NFWA union
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Reies Lopez Tijerina
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Led the FALG
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Federal Alliance of Land Grants
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Worked to regain land taken from Mexican Americans
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Brown Berets
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Activists group similar to Black Panthers
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Rodolfo Gonzales
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Leading figure in Chicano movement
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Crusade for Justice
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Promoted Mexican American nationalism
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MAYO
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Activist group
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Jose Angel Gutierrez
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One of MAYO's founders
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La Raza Unida Party
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Chicano political party
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AIM
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Became major force in Red Power
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Russell Means
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Became a prominent figure on AIM
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Ed Roberts
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Spoke for people with disabilities
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Rehabilitation Act
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Forbade discrimination in jobs, education, or housing
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EAHCA
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Required schools to provide education to disabled children
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AARP
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Lobbied the needs of older citizens
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Grey Panthers
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Fought for rights of older Americans
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Maggie Kuhn
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Founded Grey Panthers
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Older Americans Act
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Government had to provide care for elderly
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CDF
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Leading children's rights organization
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Marian Wright Edelman
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Directed CDF
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Generation gap
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Culture difference
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Mario Savio
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Student activist
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Counterculture
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Alternative lifestyle
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Timothy Leary
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Harvard Univ. instructor
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Pop art
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Appealed to popular taste
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British Invasion
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Inflow of British ideals
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Joan Baez
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Folk artist
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Bob Dylan
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Folk artist
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James Brown
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Dynamic artist
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Aretha Franklin
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"Queen of Soul"
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Woodstock
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Long rock concert
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