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41 Cards in this Set
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Betty Friedan
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Sparked something being an author
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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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Now claimed some 1,000 members within its first year in existence
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Gloria Steinem
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One of the women inspire to activism during the late 1960's
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National Women's Political Caucus
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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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Pleased when the ERA failed to win ratification
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Bella Abzug and 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 the NFWA
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La Huelga
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The Delano grape strike lasted until 1970
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United Farm Workers
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NFWA merged with another union forming this
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Reies Lopez Tijerina
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Led the..
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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 the black panthers
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Rodalfo "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 American Youth Organization
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One of MAYO's founders
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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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Gutierrez formed this
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American Indian Movement
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Became the major forced 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 become a quadriplegic after having polio
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Rehabilitation Act
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Congress added to these efforts to expand opportunity when it passed
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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 disibilities
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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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Founded by...
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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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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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The group's purpose as "identifying, publicizing, and correcting"
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Generation Gap
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Between the baby boomers and their elders grew wider as the decade wore on
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Mario Savio
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Helped organize the protests
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Counterculture
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Alternative lifestyle
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Timothy Leary
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The drugs leading supporter
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Pop art
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Intended to appeal 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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Perhaps the most dynamic artist of the era
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Aretha Franklin
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The Queen of Soul
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Woodstock
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More than just a rock concert
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